Product environmental compliance
Harmonic ensures that all requirements for registration, reporting, design and data tracking are complied
with to meet the objectives of the WEEE directive.
For more information, please visit WEEE directive page at official EU website:
environment/waste/weee/legis_en.htm
Battery directive
Review the European Union legislation on waste batteries.
In September 2006, the European Union’s Directive 2006/66/EC (Battery Directive) came into force with
an aim to prohibit the sale of batteries and accumulators containing hazardous substances and to set
rules and promote collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste batteries and accumulators. This
directive applies to spent batteries collected together with WEEE and requires their removal and separate
collection. Once removed from WEEE, spent batteries are governed by the Battery Directive. Harmonic
uses lithium batteries in its products and our responsibility under the Battery Directive is taken care of
under our WEEE Take-Back program.
For more information, please visit Batteries and Accumulators directive page at official EU website.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/batteries/
Harmonic is committed to manufacturing environmentally safe products for the community, and will
make reasonable efforts and required adjustments to its practices, if necessary, to comply with various
environmental directives and industry initiatives on the elimination of hazardous substances, labeling,
marking, certification and registration as required in markets where we sell our products.
Download Harmonic Environmental Compliance Statement at the following location:
http://www.harmonicinc.com/content/green-policy
WEEE Take-Back Request Program
In order to assist EU member states to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment,
protect human health and utilize natural resources prudently and rationally, Harmonic strives to recycle in
compliance with the WEEE Directive any of its products that cannot be re-used.
Harmonic's customers should:
• Not discard equipment in household or office garbage
• Arrange proper recycling of unneeded equipment. For the take-back of Harmonic equipment,
customers must:
◦ Collect the information required to complete Harmonic's WEEE Take-Back Request form
◦ Complete and submit the online WEEE Take-Back Request form. Please note that forms must be
fully completed in order to prevent process delays
◦ Receive instant online confirmation indicating the reference number
◦ Receive the End of Life (EOL) asset return authorization number and instruction for EOL asset
return
• Not ship EOL product to Harmonic without a Harmonic-provided EOL asset return authorization
number
The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol on a Harmonic-branded commercial product indicates that the
product should not be disposed of along with municipal waste, but invites our customers to return the
product to us under Harmonic’s WEEE Take-Back program for product disposal.
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