# The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013, Regulation 42: Takeback

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A distributor who supplies new EEE to a person must ensure that WEEE from private households can be returned to them free of charge and on a one-to-one basis by that person, provided that any such WEEE—
(a) is of an equivalent type to, and
(b) has fulfilled the same function as,
the supplied equipment.
(2) A distributor who supplies new EEE from a retail premises with a sales area relating to EEE of at least 400m2 must provide for the collection of very small WEEE free of charge to the end-user of the EEE with no obligation to buy EEE of an equivalent type. Such collection must take place at the retail premises or in its immediate proximity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3113/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-regulations-2013/regulation-42
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