BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES LB4710-050, User Manual

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Chapter 12 Disposal
Mini-Switch LB 471
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Chapter 12. Disposal
Caution!
Radioactive sources that are no longer in use or have reached the
end of their service life must be returned to the national radioac-
tive waste disposal center or to the manufacturer. If you have any
questions or if you are unsure what to do about disposal, please
contact
B
ERTHOLD
T
ECHNOLOGIES
.
Address see page 94.
Caution!
Laws, regulations and requirements governing the disposal of sub-
stances, equipment and electrical appliances that are harmful to
health and to the environment, as well as special regulations for
operation have to be complied with.
It has to be ensured that replaced parts (spare parts) and waste
produced in the course of repair, maintenance and servicing work
have to be examined for hazardous waste and the respective parts
have to be disposed off accordingly.
The operating company has to take provisions to avoid waste and
to ensure its ecologically compatible recycling and disposal. Insofar
as this is required in order to comply with the requirements ac-
cording to §§ 4 and 5 of the closed loop recycling and waste man-
agement law, waste has to be kept and treated separately for re-
cycling.
The system itself and its individual components have a long service
life. Recyclable and ecologically compatible raw materials were
primarily used for construction. At the end of its service life it is
suitable for proper recycling and ecological disposal.
All components of the system have to be disposed separately and,
depending on the material, recycled:
Components which have been polluted by production equipment
have to be thoroughly cleaned prior to further processing.