Under the Decree Law 151/2005 on Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Management of its Waste which came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from Waters after January 1st 2011, Waters is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from Waters replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the Decree, Waters is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Waters after January 1st 2011, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.
Please contact the Waters office in Italy to identify WEEE arrangements in place in Italy:
Waters SpA
Via Achille Grandi 27
20090 VIMODRONE
Milano
Italy
+ 39 (0)2 2650983
servizioclienti@waters.com