Environmental Policy

Quorum Technologies Ltd seeks at all times to minimise the impact of its day-to-day operations on the environment.
To this end we will:

endeavour to recycle as much of our manufacturing waste as is possible
re- use packaging materials - both our own and suppliers
work with our suppliers to remove excess packaging
comply with all UK and EU environmental directives

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Returns

In the European Union (EU), waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is now subject to regulation designed to prevent the disposal of such waste and to encourage prior treatment measures to minimize the amount of waste ultimately disposed. The objective of this regulation is to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment, protect human health, and utilize natural resources prudently. In particular, the WEEE Directive requires that producers of electronic equipment be responsible for the collection, reuse, recycling and treatment of WEEE which the Producer places on the EU market after August 13, 2005. Quorum Technologies Ltd..as an electrical/electronics producer, endeavours to meet these environmental responsibilities for managing WEEE .
EEE PRODUCER REGISTRATION NUMBER: WEE/EF0325XR

Returns Policy

To comply with the WEEE Directive, Quorum Technologies Ltd. has expanded their existing product take back program to cover collection, treatment, recovery and disposal of all electrical and electronic equipment sold by Quorum Technologies ltd. into the 25 EU Member States on and after August 13, 2005. When Quorum Technologies ltd. is the producer of such equipment, Quorum Technologies ltd. will take back WEEE, including sub-assemblies, components and consumables which are part of Quorum Technologies Ltd.'s equipment, from its customers within the EU.

WEEE Collection Process

If you have purchased Quorum Technologies Ltd.-branded Polaron or Emitech SEM sample preparation products in the EU on or after August 13, 2005, and are intending to discard these products at the end of their useful life, please do not dispose of them with your other household or municipal waste. Quorum Technologies Ltd. has labelled its electronic products with the WEEE label to alert our customers that products bearing this label should not be disposed in a landfill or with municipal or household waste in the EU. Instead, please be aware that Quorum Technologies Ltd. is making a return and collection system available to you for discarding these products.

When Quorum Technologies Ltd.-branded EEE sold into the European Union has reached the end of it's useful life, Quorum Technologies Ltd. collects the WEEE from our customers and routes it to our treatment centers in the UK where the waste will be audited and screened for disposition. Where possible, the products will be reused in Quorum Technologies Ltd.'s remanufacturing operation or sold. Material that cannot be reused in some form is recycled by Quorum Technologies Ltd.'s asset recovery contractor. A significant portion of Quorum Technologies Ltd.'s returns are recovered, either by remanufacturing, reselling and recycling with minimal waste being sent to the landfill.

To help in the proper handling of electronic products at the end of their useful life, Quorum Technologies Ltd. requests you return those products using the instructions provided here, so that the products can be collected, dismantled for reuse and recycled, and properly disposed. To return these products to Quorum Technologies Ltd., please fully complete the on-line application form, entitled WEEE Returns, and submit the form by clicking on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form. Note that if all the required fields in the form are not completed, Quorum Technologies Ltd. will be unable to process your request. Once the form is submitted, you will be contacted by a representative from Quorum Technologies Ltd. within two business days either to request follow-up information or for scheduling the WEEE collection.

Historical WEEE

While the WEEE Directive does not require that Quorum Technologies Ltd. collect historical WEEE from products purchased by our customers before August 13, 2005, Quorum Technologies Ltd. will evaluate your request to take back such historical waste. A WEEE management fee may apply to such waste. To initiate your request related to historical waste, the on-line application form highlighted above must be completed and submitted to Quorum Technologies Ltd.. A Quorum Technologies Ltd. representative will then contact you for further information.