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www.thornlighting.co.uk general information safety and quality

WEEE compliance and approach

Thorn fully complies with the WEEE Directive

The latest recast of the Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive,

2012/19/EU, came into force on 13th August 2012.

Thorn have joined an approved compliance scheme run by Lumicom, a not-

for-profit organisation set up by the Lighting Industry Federation to administer

the WEEE Directive on behalf of the professional lighting manufacturers in the

UK. As a member of an approved compliance scheme Thorn has been given

a registration number, WEE/KG0108WX. Since the 1st July 2007 Thorn have

been paying its WEEE provider, Lumicom, to manage the collection, recycling

and disposal of luminaires.

What does the WEEE directive mean for customers of Thorn Lighting?

Thorn Lighting is paying for its responsibility under the directive by paying on

a per luminaire basis. For every luminaire that Thorn puts onto the market, as

a Producer under the terms of the WEEE Directive, it pays a fee to Lumicom.

Therefore you can be sure that every Thorn product you specify or buy is

covered in the future under the WEEE Directive. Lumicom will collect, recycle

and dispose of Thorn luminaires. There will be no charges from Thorn to cover

the cost of collection, recycling and disposal of waste Thorn luminaires at the

end of their life. The future cost is covered by the small upfront charge made at

the initial sale of the luminaires.

Historic Waste

Luminaires stripped out of a building that were manufactured prior to 13th

August 2005 are regarded as Historic Waste. As a responsible manufacturer

Thorn is also taking responsibility for any products, regardless of the

manufacturer, put onto the market before 13th August 2005 as long as the

luminaires purchased to replace the old luminaires are manufactured by Thorn.

Products manufactured after 13th August 2005.

These products are identified by the crossed out wheelie-bin symbol. These

products are the responsibility of the manufacturer regardless of whose products

they are being replaced by.

Lamps and Batteries

Thorn is not responsible for the collection, recycling and disposal of lamps. They

are the responsibility of the lamp manufacturer marked on the lamp. Most lamps

are returned via the Recolight Scheme at

www.recolight.com

. Batteries are not

deemed as WEEE but are covered by the Battery Directive, under the Directive

Thorn operate a take back service.

All products returned must have their lamps and any batteries

removed before return.

RoHS

Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous

substances in electrical and electronic equipment is an EU directive, and products

purchased within the European Union must conform to these restrictions.

Certain exemptions exist including mercury in lamps, lead in the glass of

fluorescent tubes and nickel cadmium in batteries for emergency lighting products.

However, these exempted items are still required to be correctly disposed of.

Therefore when purchasing exempted items it is important to ascertain how these

items will be managed at their end of life, and when removing exempted items it

must be ensured that they are handled separately

Assurance of Safety

Under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, it is unlawful to make, or hold in

stock, or to offer for sale any electrical appliance that is unsafe. In order to give

assurance that lighting products are safe, manufacturers have two options:

1. To mark with the symbol of a third party approval authority.

This is a mark of guarantee endorsed by an independent testing authority. The

mark guarantees that compliance has been checked by an independent test

house and that third party monitoring of the producing factory’s quality system

has been undertaken.

2. Self certification

The manufacturer claims that the product is safe and fit for purpose. The value of

such a claim is directly related to the standing of the firm making it. In the case of

Thorn Lighting, all products are designed, developed, tested and manufactured

under the scope of BSEN/ISO 9000 quality systems that are registered and

audited by independent third parties.

Consequently Thorn products, approval marked or not, are designed,

tested and manufactured to the same exacting standards - not all companies

apply this principle.

The CE mark signifies that

a product conforms with the

requirements of relevant EEC

directives. The prime purpose of the

mark is to assist customs and market

inspectors in facilitating the free

trading and movement of products

within the EEC.

At this time the directives appropriate

to general lighting products are

the Low Voltage Directive (LVD),

the Electromagnetic Compatibility

(EMC) Directive and the Energy