Important 5
1.3 Recycling and disposal
Disposal instructions for old products.
The WEEE directive (Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment; 2002/96/EC)
has been put in place to ensure that
products are recycled using best
?available treatment, recovery and
recycling techniques to ensure human
health and high environmental protection.
Your product is designed and
manufactured with high quality materials
and components, which can be recycled
and reused.
Do not dispose of your old product in
your general household waste bin.
Inform yourself about the
local separate collection
system for electrical and
electronic products marked
by this symbol:
Use one of the following disposal options:
1. Dispose of the complete product
(including its cables, plugs and
accessories) in the designated WEEE
collection facilities.
2. 2. If you purchase a replacement
product, hand your complete old
product back to the retailer. He
should accept it as required by the
WEEE directive.
Packaging information:
Philips has marked the packaging with
standard symbols designed to promote
the recycling and appropriate disposal of
your eventual waste.
A financial contribution has been
paid to the associated national
recovery & recycling system.
The labeled packaging material is
recyclable.
1.4 Electric, Magnetic and
Electromagnetic Fields
("EMF")
1. Philips Royal Electronics
Manufactures and sells many
consumer oriented products which
usually, as with any electronic
apparatus, have the ability to emit
and receive electro magnetic signals.
2. One of Philips' leading Business
Principles is to take all necessary
health and safety precautions for our
products, to comply ?with all
applicable legal requirements and to
stay well within the EMF standards
applicable at the time of producing
the ?products.
3. Philips is committed to develop,
produce and market products that
cause no adverse health effects.
4. Philips confirms that if its products
are handled properly for their
intended use, they are safe to use
according to scientific ?evidence
available today.
5. Philips plays an active role in the
development of international EMF
and safety standards, enabling Philips
to anticipate further ?developments
in standardisation for early
Integration in its products.