Used or New – The real comparison of Sustainability
EEESafe labels are used to help identify the source of a Refurbished Appliance from a Workshop, the source of an Appliance Repair,the Source of a Retailer, or a Landlord who wants to encourage you to Register Your Appliance for Safety on known Product Recalls. It can also lead to a consumers engagement and support for Environmental, Climate Change, Social Justice or Community development to tackle poverty and build cash resources for their community. This article is to explain briefly some of the benefits to all who want to support the EEESafe and LocalitEEE models.
We expect some EEESafe labelled appliances to be hitting some communities this year as we begin to pilot our new EEESafe Training Centre. If you scan the QR code, you can easily Register Your Appliance, or it will tell you if the Appliance is already Registered but not reveal the full address. This will give Manufacturers and Government helpful statistics to evidence consumer safety metrics whilst maintaining a Free safety alert system by EEESafe, delivering transparent Charitable outcomes through engagement with local businesses and local people where they live. How that is achieved can be found HERE.
All labels can be linked to Landlords, Housing Associations and Social Landlords.
When it’s time to dispose or purchase a new Appliance the registered appliance can be easily dropped into the Local Community Online Shop, to be sold or gifted locally and also to save time in looking for someone to take the item away. Social Services, Volunteer Groups, Reuse Centres, Individual Repairers, Waste Collectors, Local Authorities, Charities, Landlords and Consumers can all be notified.
The labels below have similar yet different functions. Registered Appliance Labels are not Mandatory, the others are.
- DAR(c)(q) Labels must be put on Refurbished Appliances by (C)ertified or (Q)ualified DARs
- DAT(c)(q) Labels are optionally placed on Repaired items when a Certified or Qualified EEESafe Technicians is linked to a consumer where a home repair is conducted.
- Registered Appliance Labels can be added at point of sale by participating Retailers or retrospectively by Landlords and additionally over time, can then link to an Existing DAT (Domestic Appliance Technician) or DAR (Domestic Appliance Refurbisher)
All DATs and DARs must have the correct insurance in place, pass their Ohms law assessment test amongst a number of evidence based compliant terms with EEESafe.
- Notifies the Refurbisher when the old Appliance is being replaced
- Engages in recording the traceability of Safer Refurbished Appliances
- Establishes the Refurbisher engaged in local Circular Economy skills
- Refurbisher helps create local Recycled Spares to lower repair costs
- Demonstrates independency from Manufacturers who focus on only selling new Appliances
- Evidences how the Refurbisher creates Local Pots of Cash and Community Currency for the Community
- Encourage more Registration of Appliances to help prevent incidents like Grenfell
- Evidences how the Refurbisher contributes to lowering harmful gases and Waste Prevention
- Identifies the Refurbisher as helping to tackle poverty
- Engages the Refurbisher in informing the Fire Service on causes of household appliance fires
- Identifies the Refurbisher as preventing the resale of Recalled Products
- Notifies the Repairer when the old Appliances are being replaced.
- Consumer Links to the Repairer if the consumer consents
- Engages the Repairer in the recording and traceability of Safer Refurbished Appliances to end of life
- Repairer can gain access to Parts Dashboard to that informs them of recycled Parts demand
- Produces records and traceability of Safer Repairs and Refurbishment if selling used Appliances
- Establishes the Repairer is engaged in local Circular Economy skills & Committed to the local community
- Demonstrates independency and works to a Safer Repair Standard than a British Standard
- Evidences how the Repairer contributes to lowering harmful gases and Waste Prevention
- Evidences how the Repairer contributes to Local Pots of Cash and Community Currency for the Community
- Demonstrates to consumers the commitment to Registration of Appliances to help prevent incidents like Grenfell
- Identifies and evidences the Repairer is helping to tackle poverty
- Engages the Repairer with EEESafe to help inform the Fire Service on causes of household appliance fires
- Identifies the Repairer as preventing the resale of Recalled Products
- Allows the Repairer to use the local Online Community Shop to promote goods and services.
- Notifies the Retailer when the old Appliance is being replaced.
- Produce records and traceability of Safer Repairs and Refurbishment till end of life, consumer dependent
- Consumer Links to the Retailer or Landlord if the consumer consents
- Allows the Retailer to use the local Online Community Shop to promote goods and services.
- Evidences the Retailer is engaged in local Circular Economy & is committed to the local community
- Evidences the Retailer creates Local Pots of Cash and Community Currency which is democratically apportioned
- Encourage more Registration of Appliances to help prevent incidents like Grenfell
- Demonstrates the Retailer is engaging with the Community to tackle Poverty and Climate Change
- Identifies the Repairer as preventing the resale of Recalled Products
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