More DATs and Manufacturer Interest in EEESafe

EEESafe sits on the Domestic Appliance Services Association, a Trade organisation.   Yesterdays Quarterly update results in more DATs about to Register.  Looks like another Centre is going to open and another Training Centre commitment. With a Large International Manufacturer present, dialogue ensued that indicates engagement with the Standard at an OEM Level. Extremely encouraged

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Half of all accidental fires in the home, show that 85% can be attributed to Electrical Appliances

The Electrical Safety Council has researched that around half of all accidental fires in UK homes have an electrical origin and 85% of these can be attributed to electrical appliances.1 Product misuse is a major cause of these accidents and the campaign will address the basic and easily avoidable “blunders” that people make when using electrical

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Now Europe is deciding on how we collect and store our old Appliances!

It now appears that the WEEEEForum http://www.weee-forum.org is intending to foist on the UK, a standard for EU Conformity. The European standards organisations will translate the WEEELABEX requirements into formal EN standards that confer a set of rules for all operators on the market to comply with WEEE legislation. The WEEELABEX project aimed to design,

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