The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (WEEE) have been designed to prevent/reduce the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment by promoting its reuse, recycling and recovery.
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Products which are covered by the WEEE Regulations have a crossed out wheelie bin symbol on either the product itself or its packaging. WEEE should never be placed in any of your household wheelie bins. Electrical and electronic equipment is any product that relies on electricity or batteries to perform its primary function, for example, a hairdryer or a watch. |
If you purchase a new electrical or electronic item from NEXT there is no time limit on returning your equivalent old item at any NEXT Store within the Republic of Ireland providing:
- The item you return performs the same function as the one you purchased from Next
- The item you return does not pose a Health & Safety risk to NEXT staff
- You are a householder, this service does not apply to business customers
- The store is open: returns can only be made during trading hours
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is taken back free of charge on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. Waste batteries including rechargeable batteries are taken back free of charge. You are not obliged to make any purchase when returning old batteries.
Each local authority must also accept household WEEE and small batteries free of charge at its recycling facilities.
All WEEE and waste batteries must be recycled and should not be placed in any of your household wheelie bins. Make sure you always recycle all your old electrical goods and batteries.Visible
Environmental Management Cost (vEMC)
The price of some categories of Electrical and Electronic Equipment includes a contribution to ensure that waste EEE is collected and recycled in a responsible manner. The amount of this contribution is indicated where the retail price of the EEE is displayed, in-store, online and on the receipt given to the customer
If you have any queries regarding this, please contact NEXT Customer Services.
Next Retail Ltd is registered with the WEEE Register Society Limited (IE00376WB) and WEEE Ireland (NEX100) supporting collective takeback and recycling of WEEE & Batteries.