The company Thinkware Auto is an introducer of electrical or electronic equipment within the meaning of the Act of 11 September 2015 on waste electrical and electronic equipment.

The product you have purchased is a device whose correct operation depends on the supply of electric current or on the presence of electromagnetic fields, or a device that can be used for the generation, transmission or measurement of electric current or electromagnetic fields, which is designed for use at an electrical voltage not exceeding 1000 V for alternating current and 1500 V for direct current. We will hereinafter refer to this type of device as Equipment.

At the end of the product’s useful life, it will become used equipment, i.e. waste within the meaning of Article 3(1)(6) of the Waste Act of 14 December 2012, including all components, subassemblies and consumables forming part of the equipment at the time of disposal. We will hereinafter refer to such waste as Waste Equipment.

For these reasons, both Thinkware Auto and you are obliged to comply with the provisions of the aforementioned Act.

The Equipment bears the sign of the crossed-out rubbish bin. Such as the one below.

This symbol indicates that WEEE must be collected separately, i.e. it is prohibited to place WEEE together with other waste. Do not dispose of the WEEE in containers intended for other types of waste.

The products constituting the Equipment contain or may contain hazardous substances, mixtures or components that may have a negative impact on the environment and on the health of both humans and animals. Therefore, the handling of the Equipment and the management of Waste Equipment are subject to specific regulations. Hazardous substances, mixtures or components which could get out uncontrollably from the WEEE and penetrate the soil, water or air pose a serious threat to the environment, animals and humans. They may have irreversible negative effects on the environment. If these substances and mixtures penetrate into the human or animal body via water or the air, they may pose a risk to health and even life. Environmentally hazardous substances contained in the Equipment are usually: lead, mercury, bromine compounds, cadmium, PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls), freon. When properly used, the Equipment poses no risk to the user. However, the abandonment or improper management of these substances from Waste Equipment poses a serious environmental risk.

For the above reasons, a special system has been set up for the collection, including the return of Waste Equipment.  Here are the most important, but also the key system assumptions to be taken into account in case you want to dispose of Waste Equipment:A system of collection, including return, of waste equipment shall be established by collectors of waste equipment, operators of processing plants, distributors, entities referred to in Article 45(1)(1) of the Waste Act of December 14, 2012, and operators of selective municipal waste collection points referred to in the Act of September 13, 1996 on Maintaining Cleanliness and Order in Municipalities.

  1. A holder of Waste Equipment from households shall be obliged to hand it over to the so-called “collector of Waste Equipment” or an entity authorized to collect Waste Equipment, as referred to in Article 45(1)(1) of the Waste Act of December 14, 2012. The list of waste equipment collectors can be found on the websites of each municipality.
  2. It is prohibited to place waste equipment together with other waste, which, for example, means, among other things, that it is not allowed to dispose of waste equipment in containers for mixed municipal waste.
  3. The distributor of the Equipment – in most cases the seller of the Equipment – shall be obliged to take back the used equipment from households at the point of sale free of charge, provided that the used equipment is of the same type and performed the same functions as the equipment sold.
  4. A distributor, when supplying equipment intended for households to a purchaser, shall be obliged to take back used household equipment free of charge at the place of delivery of such equipment, provided that the used equipment is of the same type and performed the same functions as the supplied equipment.
  5. A distributor operating a retail unit with a sales area within the meaning of Article 2(19) of the Law of March 27, 2003 on Planning and Spatial Development of at least 400 m2 dedicated to the sale of household equipment shall be obliged to accept at this unit or in its immediate vicinity, free of charge, used household equipment, none of the external dimensions of which exceed 25 cm, without having to purchase new household equipment.
  6. The operator of the service point shall be obliged to accept used equipment free of charge, if the repair of the equipment accepted to the service point is impossible for technical reasons or if the owner of the equipment considers it uneconomical for him to repair the equipment.
  7. The distributor and the operator of the service point may refuse to accept waste equipment that, due to its contamination, poses a threat to the health or life of the persons accepting the waste equipment. Then you, as a holder of waste equipment, hand it over to the waste equipment collector or the operator of a processing plant. On the other hand, the waste equipment collector is obliged to accept the waste equipment handed over to it, including at least free acceptance of waste equipment from households.

The above-mentioned conditions affect the special role that the household plays in contributing to the reuse and recovery, including recycling, of waste equipment. Selective collection of WEEE at the so-called source, i.e. in households, allows for targeted separation of the waste stream containing substances, mixtures and components hazardous to the environment and human and animal health. In addition, it allows the use of key recovery processes for WEEE aimed at reusing used equipment or waste generated after dismantling of used equipment. That is, giving a “second life” to products or components.

Wyselekcjonowany w ramach gospodarstwa domowego Zu?yty sprz?t od razu trafia do profesjonalnych zbieraj?cych a dalej do zak?adów przetwarzania dysponuj?cych odpowiedni? infrastruktur?, wiedz? i do?wiadczeniem pozwalaj?cymi zagospodarowa? te odpady z jak najmniejszym uszczerbkiem dla ?rodowiska.

Jedynie selektywna zbiórka zu?ytego sprz?tu, w szczególno?ci w gospodarstwach domowych umo?liwia efektywn? i w?a?ciw? gospodark? tego rodzaju odpadami i zapobiega negatywnym skutkom ekologicznym nios?cym szkod? dla ?rodowiska naturalnego oraz obecnych i przysz?ych pokole?.

Maj?c na uwadze dba?o?? o ?rodowisko naturalne oraz obowi?zuj?ce przepisy prawa firma ….Thinkware Auto…. realizuje obowi?zki wprowadzaj?cego wynikaj?ce z Ustawy z dnia 11 wrze?nia 2015r. o zu?ytym sprz?cie elektrycznym i elektronicznym za po?rednictwem ASEKOL PL  Organizacja Odzysku Sprz?tu Elektrycznego i Elektronicznego i Organizacja Odzysku Opakowa? S.A. z siedzib? w Warszawie, adres: ul. Komitetu Obrony Robotników 56,  02-146 Warszawa, wpisana do Krajowego Rejestru S?dowego prowadzonego przez S?d Rejonowy dla m.st. Warszawy w Warszawie, XIII Wydzia? Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru S?dowego pod numerem 0000523213, o kapitale zak?adowym 5.000.000 z?, NIP 9372671698, REGON 243679093, nr BDO 000006411.

Selected within the household Waste equipment immediately goes to professional collectors and further to processing plants with adequate infrastructure, knowledge and experience to manage this waste with the least possible harm to the environment.

Only selective collection of waste equipment, especially in households, enables efficient and proper management of this type of waste and prevents negative ecological effects to the detriment of the environment and present and future generations.

Bearing in mind the care for the environment and the applicable legal regulations, the company Thinkware Auto performs the obligations of the introducer under the Act of September 11, 2015 on waste electrical and electronic equipment through ASEKOL PL Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recovery Organization and Packaging Recovery Organization S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, address: 56 Komitet Obrony Robotników Street, 02-146 Warsaw, entered in the National Court Register kept by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number 0000523213, with a share capital of PLN 5,000,000, NIP 9372671698, REGON 243679093, BDO number 000006411.

For more information on the principles of handling Waste Equipment, visit https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/waste-framework-directive_en