Compliance Markings

In August of 2005, the European Union (EU) implemented the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC and later the WEEE Recast Directive 2012/19/EU. These directives require Producers of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) to manage and finance the collection, reuse, recycling and to appropriately treat WEEE that the Producer places on the EU market after August 13, 2005. The goal of this directive is to minimize the volume of electrical and electronic waste disposal and to encourage re-use and recycling at the end of life.

AMD has met its national obligations to the EU WEEE Directive by registering in those countries to which AMD is an importer. AMD has also elected to join WEEE Compliance Schemes in some countries to help manage customer returns at end-of-life.

If you have purchased AMD-branded electrical or electronic products in the EU and are intending to discard these products at the end of their useful life, please do not dispose of them with your other household or municipal waste. AMD has labeled its branded electronic products with the WEEE Symbol to alert our customers that products bearing this label should not be disposed of in a landfill or with municipal or household waste in the EU.