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Act No. 185/2001 Coll., on wastes, requires that the producers and importers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) provide for taking back and separate collection of WEEE.
ASEKOL is a non-profit company that organizes, on behalf of the producers and importers of EEE, a nation-wide take-back system for WEEE, i.e. collection, transport and recycling of WEEE, including financing of the entire system. ASEKOL is a collective take-back scheme for WEEE. Its services may be utilised by producers and importers of EEE on the basis of an agreement. Within the operation of the take-back system, ASEKOL co-operates closely with cities and municipalities, the final dealers and service shops, collection companies and processors of WEEE.
ASEKOL was founded in July 2005 by the leading companies in the market in consumer electronics and office, telecommunication and computer equipment. These companies include:
- ASBIS CZ spol. s r.o.
- BaSys CS, s.r.o.
- FAST ČR, a.s.
- JVC Czech spol. s r.o.
- LG Electronics CZ, s.r.o.
- Mascom s.r.o.
- Philips Česká republika s.r.o.
- PANASONIC CZECH REPUBLIC, s. r. o.
- Samsung Electronics
- Sony Czech, spol. s r. o.
- Thomson multimedia Czech s. r. o.
On the basis of a decision of the Ministry of the Environment (MoE), ASEKOL is entitled, as the only firm in the Czech Republic, to take back historical EEE in categories 3, 4 and 7. The decision of the MoE came into legal force on December 22, 2005. The entire text of the MoE decision is available here (pdf, 2 MB).
Furthermore, the ASEKOL collective scheme has been registered by the MoE for the following categories of EEE:
|
Historical EEE |
New household EEE (manufactured after August 13, 2005) |
EEE for businesses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category 3 (IT and telecommunications equipment) |
Yes (only ASEKOL is registered) | Yes | Yes |
| Category 4 (consumer equipment) | Yes (only ASEKOL is registered) | Yes | Yes |
| Category 7 (toys, leisure) | Yes (only ASEKOL is registered) | Yes | Yes |
| Category 8 (medical devices) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Category 9 (monitoring and control devices) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Category 10 (automatic dispensers) | None | None | Yes |
ASEKOL cooperates very closely with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). A majority of its founders belong among members of the CEA. In the Czech Republic, ASEKOL is a member of the Czech Association of Publicly Beneficial Services. At an international level, ASEKOL is a member of the WEEE forum (European association of collection schemes) with its seat in Brussels.
Extract from the Commercial Register for ASEKOL of June 24, 2008 (pdf, 136 kB)
Published on: 04. 06. 2009
Author: Mgr. Jan Vrba