FAQ

The company “Appliances Recycling” is the largest licensed Collective System of Alternative Management (CSAM) of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Greece. CSAM WEEE is an organization responsible for the collection, transport, temporary storage, reuse and treatment of WEEE and their components. Its ultimate goal is to remove substances harmful to the environment and reintegrate usable materials as the raw materials to produce new products. Our company, which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and covers all categories of WEEE products, has organized and manages the collection and recycling of WEEE across the entire Greek territory. Our main concern is to reduce the total management costs, without compromising on quality, so that in the near future we shall be led to a reduction of the recycling contributions that our producers – partners are asked to pay. Appliances Recycling S.A. is supervised and controlled by the Hellenic Recycling Agency (HRO), which, among other things, maintains the National Registry of Producers (EMPA) and imposes sanctions on producers non-compliant with the legislation (as defined by article 21 of Joint Ministerial Decision no 23615).

Partnering with Appliances Recycling S.A. relieves the contracting producers from having to fulfil the obligations that stem from the European and, by extension, the Greek legislation for the management of WEEE, actively participating in the protection of the environment and people’s health as well as in the circular economy.

A liable producer, according to the law, is someone who manufactures and/or imports electrical and electronic equipment products and makes them available on the Greek market.

In specific, according to the legislation, any natural or legal person is considered to be a liable producer, when, regardless of which sales technique they use, they:

1. are established in an EU member state and manufacture EEE under their name or trademark or commission the design or manufacture of EEE, which they then place on the market under their name or trademark within the territory of that member state,
2. are established in an EU member state and resell within the territory of the said Member State under their name or trademark equipment produced by other suppliers, where the reseller is not considered to be a Producer if the Producer’s brand is indicated on the equipment as per point (1)
3. are established in an EU member state and make available on the market of the said member state, by profession, EEE from a third country or from another member state, or
4. sell EEE through remote communication directly to private households or users, barring private households in an EU member state, and are established in another member state or in a third country.
5. In the case of the distance sale of goods through an online platform that fall under the Extended Producer Responsibility Program (PDEP), the obligation to fulfill the obligations of the producer arising from PDEP incurs the administrator of the online sales platform unless the seller of the goods presents to the online sales platform a certificate of registration in the EMPA.

In case someone, apart from being a producer, also happens to be a dealer-distributor of EEE (the person procuring EEE from the domestic-Greek market), they must procure their products from producers registered in the EMPA (according to article 6, paragraph 2.1.2 of the Joint Ministerial Decision no 23615).

By EEE, we mean any device that works with electricity or a battery, or additionally generates or transfers electricity.

An indicative list of items considered to be EEE, according to law, can be found here in article 23.

By signing a contract with Appliances Recycling S.A., the detailed process of which you will find here. For more information, you can contact our representative Mr. Alexandros Zounis, via our phone centre 2105319780 ext. 327.

The Producer Registration Number (PRN) is the proof of a producer’s legitimacy and can be obtained after the producer registers in Appliance Recycling S.A. by submitting an electronic application to EMPA, clicking here. The certificate of registration is issued through the EMPA, which together with the certificate of participation issued by Recycling Appliances S.A., certify that the producer is legitimate. Producers must include the EMPA on the seal and on all their tax data (invoices, shipping notes, etc.).

First and foremost, Appliance Recycling S.A. aims to decisively contribute to achieving the national goals, as those are determined by the European and Greek legislation, as well as to effectively control the costs of the alternative management of WEEE. The WEEE collection rate that has been set as a target is 65% of the average weight of appliances bought in the previous three years or 85% of the WEEE produced by weight. The costs of alternative management that our company is asked to minimize are the costs of collection, transport, temporary storage, treatment and reuse of WEEE, as well as its operational costs, with the ultimate goal being to maximize the amounts of WEEE collection and recycling.