Product Recycling - Astralpool 08756 Manual De Instalación Y Mantenimiento

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PRODUCT RECYCLING

This electric flow heater has just electrical and plastic components. When the electric flow heater reaches the end of its
service life, it should be dismantled by an authorised company or may be transported to the place assigned by the
corresponding local autho-rities.
With the aim of reducing the amount of electrical and electronic equipment residues and the danger of their
components, to promote the recycling of the equipment and the appreciation of their residues, and to determine a
suitable management that attempts to improve the effectiveness of the environmental protection, a series of regulations
applicable to the manufacturing of the product and others related to the correct environmental management when they
become residues have been implemented.
It is also envisaged to improve the environmental behaviour of all the agents involved in the service life of the electrical
and electronic equipment, such as the producers, distributors, users and, specially, those agents directly involved in the
management of the residues derived from this equipment.
As of 13 August 2005, when you wish to throw away this unit, you have two possible return systems:
- If you acquire a new one that is of an equivalent type or it has the same functions as the one thrown away, you could
hand it over at no cost to the distributor.
- Or you could take it to the place so selected by the local authorities.
The units are labelled with the symbol of a "crossed out wheeled rubbish container". This symbol denotes the need for
its selective and differentiated collection from the rest of urban rubbish.
Possible effects over the environment or human health of the dangerous materials it may contain.
PVC
The most used plastifying agent in the different PVC applications is the DEHP (di-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate). The tests
conducted in different laboratories demonstrate that it does not present risks for human health in the concentration
levels so used in finished articles, according to the information from the German BUA (Advisory Body for the Relevant
Environment of the Existing Substances) and the VGA (German Health Authority) among others. The results of these
tests, together with the data collected in biodegradation studies, confirm that the DEHP cannot be considered dangerous
for the environment. All additives used in the PVC formulations and therefore in the food industry applications are
perfectly regulated at both European and Spanish level.
In Europe, the EC Directive 90/128/EU, later modified by the 95/3/EU. In Spain, we should mention the Royal Decrees
1125/1982 of 30 April 1982, later confirmed by the 1042/1997 of 27 June 1982.
Modern technology applied for years in the PVC production plants allow us to state that they do not mean a danger for
the environment. The service life analyses (SLA) demonstrate that the environmental impact of the PVC is equivalent
or even more favourable than those corresponding to other materials.
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