“With the DD460 from Data Domain, we’ve been able to compress and store two to three months of backup data onsite. We’ve cut costs and reduced our reliance on offsite tape storage, and we can back up and restore data at incredible speeds. Best of all, we can easily verify the security and integrity of our data. We’re very pleased — the DD460 is everything we’d hoped for.” — Ephraim Baron
IT Director
EFI

WEEE Compliance in Europe: Sweden

Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Sweden

Under the Sweden Regulation on Producer Responsibility for Electrical and Electronic Equipment which came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from Data Domain after August 13th 2005, Data Domain is required to finance 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 Data Domain replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the Regulation, Data Domain is also required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Data Domain after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.

Data Domain products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Data Domain is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products Data Domain has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address.

Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs is:

  • Data Domain pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the Swedish Regulations;
  • Data Domain pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the Swedish Regulations;
  • You pay for transportation of your WEEE to Data Domain's appointed recycler in Sweden.

Data Domain has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN facility in Sweden. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Data Domain products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN. In order to meet the Swedish Waste Ordinance (2001:1063) requirements for waste disposal, you should use one of the following carriers (which hold a valid Waste Carriers licence):

Waste Carrier Website
Transfargo web.transfargo.se/tbs

For larger quantities of waste you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection arrangements. The Data Domain recycler in Sweden is:

Recycler Telephone Number Website
Stena Technoworld AB +46 21 10 75 60 www.stenametall.com

There is no requirement that non-hazardous WEEE be accompanied by documentation for transport in Sweden. However, in order to enable EARN identify Data Domain equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the Recycling Label for Swedish Customers. Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Data Domain Equipment in Sweden

Under Section 27 of the Regulation on Producer Responsibility, Data Domain must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Sweden.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period January 2006 to December 2006. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for Data Domain.