WEEE

Schneider Electric’s commitment

• In this field, the action of Schneider Electric is built around three axes:
• identifying treatment channels for its products at end of life, integrating the end of life of the product from its design phase, via eco-design which implies, from its design, accounting for the scrapping phase in the life cycle of the product,
• reducing the volume of waste generated during the process.

Method

• Schneider Electric integrates the "end of life" instructions in the product documentation to inform its customers of good practices to respect the safety of
  people and the environment at this stage.
• In the all 25 European countries, Schneider Electric has joined collective bodies  in charge of managing electrical equipment waste.
• For the other products, in the spirit of environmental responsibility, Schneider Electric undertakes to follow the principles of this directive to the whole of its supply, to seek to ensure that the end of life of professional electrical equipment are taken care of, from an organisational and financial perspective.
  Thus, in France, Schneider Electric is generating a more global reflection over
• the effective and respectful management of the environment and building waste. It works on this subject in collaboration with all those on the ground.
• It develops a service supply for holders of electrical materials.
• It participates in the development of recognised and standardised methods to determine the recycling potential of electrical products.