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Welcome to REPIC REPIC is a not-for-profit company established in January 2004 by leading companies in AMDEA, SEAMA and Intellect, three of the main trade associations in the electrical and electronics industry, to meet their producer obligations under the WEEE Directive. REPIC has three full time executive directors and eight member directors elected by and from its membership, ensuring the company is industry led and caters for its members needs. The current member directors of REPIC cover all sectors within the electrical and electronics goods industry. They are BSH Home Appliances, Glen Dimplex, Hoover, Indesit Company UK . Kenwood, Panasonic UK and Alba. For a full list of REPIC members and their brands, see our member page. REPIC members currently represent the vast majority by weight of the electrical and electronic products sold annually in the UK. REPIC’s overriding objective is to provide maximum WEEE compliance for its members at lowest achievable cost consistent with excellent environmental performance. REPIC is an approved B2C and B2B compliance scheme. REPIC is a member of the European WEEE Forum, a knowledge and data sharing organisation formed by the other producer led national European WEEE compliance schemes. REPIC provides national WEEE compliance solutions to large, medium and small obligated companies from the producer and retail sectors and for all categories of WEEE. Throughout this site we use generic terms relating to WEEE. If you are not familiar with these, please see the FAQs page for details of these terms. back to top Trust Our objective is “Maximum compliance at lowest achievable cost consistent with excellent environmental performance”. • Since formation, REPIC has constructively engaged with producers, government, local authorities, retailers, the re-use sector, other potential compliance schemes, waste transport and treatment sectors to offer solutions for a low cost equitable implementation of the WEEE Directive in the UK. • REPIC is not for profit but entirely cost focussed. We embrace the concept of competition as a way of minimising costs and maximising efficiencies. • Through its participative membership structure, REPIC can provide members of the WEEE compliance scheme, • Low Cost Compliance – we only charge for the costs of WEEE returned, not EEE sold. • Equality – all members in the same EEE category are treated equally, irrespective of company size. • Expertise - knowledge sharing through sector committees, focus groups, member meetings, seminars and workshops, membership of the European WEEE Forum, trade associations links. • Comfort - from our open book and independently audited charging mechanism. • Confidence – as a not for profit scheme operating in a competitive environment our collective purchasing power means that we should always provide the lowest true cost. • Security – REPIC’s bespoke WEEE IT system ensures cradle to grave tracking of WEEE collections and provides an auditable evidence trail for your compliance. • Assurance – REPIC has the depth of knowledge through its extensive involvement in WEEE over many years and through its interaction with all stakeholder groups, both in the UK and the rest of the EC. • Know-How - REPIC staff have been dedicated to WEEE for the last three years and have developed the infrastructure that is required to operate an effective efficient compliance scheme. Our close links with operational schemes throughout Europe, that have operated in some cases for fifteen years has enabled us to draw on best practice. • Unified Voice – a consensus voice of our members on all stakeholder groups on WEEE related issues. • Flexibility - dedicated to WEEE, without the need to utilise existing capital assets, we have the flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions in WEEE. • Innovation - we have worked with our members to provide pre-WEEE solutions in their supply chains and seek high added value uses for secondary raw material and will continue to deliver added value activities to our members. • Ethical – we only approve service providers who can demonstrate that they can meet the required standards of operational and environmental performance. All of the above can be summed up simply as trust – that we will always work in our members best interests. back to top Our Services REPIC has been approved as a B2C and B2B producer compliance scheme by the Environment Agency. REPIC provides B2C and B2B compliance for its members. Our compliance services include: • Member workshops, including guidance on preparation of EEE sales data and product scope. • Access to REPIC’s “ERIC” on-line registration system. • A members pack giving step by step instructions on ongoing compliance. • Access to a dedicated website member area, providing regular updates and guidance notes and essential compliance information. • Ongoing access to a simple user friendly and secure member web page to provide ongoing EEE data and other information updates. • Register you with the Environment Agency and notify you of your WEEE producer registration number and UK market share in each category registered. • Member workshops, seminars, focus groups and meetings. • Cradle to grave tracking and reporting of WEEE collected and treated to provide auditable compliance. • The provision of regular information on WEEE collected, cost updates and forecasts. • Independent audit and verification of cost allocation mechanism and member market share calculations. • Standard and bespoke B2B solutions. • Annual confirmation of compliance with your producer WEEE obligations back to top