Cleaning of liquid damaged electronics

The product group covers cleaning of liquid damaged electronic products like mobile phones, tablets and personal computers.

Cleaning of liquid damaged electronic is in itself a business that stimulate the circular economy, since it prolongs the lifetime of the electronic product - and thereby reduce the amount of electronic waist and the need to produce new electronic products.

The Nordic Swan Ecolabel focus on assuring that the costumer experiences the service as a good alternative to throwing out and buying new products, and to assure that the service is done with as small an environmental impact as possible.

The Nordic Swan Ecolabel set requirements on:

Documenting a high saving percentage of the received liquid damaged electronic products.
Stop of corrosion of the electronic product so later damages of the liquid damage is prevented.
The actual cleaning and drying of the electronic product must maximum take one working day to ensure as little inconvenience for the consumer as possible.
Limitation on the energy and water consumption during the cleaning process.
All chemicals used in the service must be certified with either the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, the EU Ecolabel or Good Environmental Choice.
Correct handling of electronic waste that occurs as part of the service.

Cleaning of liquid damaged electronics is in itself a business that stimulate the circular economy, since it prolongs the lifetime of the electronic product - and thereby reduces the amount of electronic waist and the need to produce new electronic product.

Cleaning of liquid damaged electronics:

Has a high success rate of min. 70%, which prevents electronics waste and saves resources to produce new electronics.
Ensures a fast service.
Involves limited use of energy and water.
Only uses Ecolabelled cleaning agents.
Ensures the correct handling of electronic waste.

Criteria document - version 1.1.pdf

Fees valid from 19 th February 2020

Type of fee	Amount
Application fee*	EUR 3,000 + VAT
Renewal fee*	EUR 1,500 + VAT
More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region*	EUR 500 + VAT per visit
Inspection visits in Europe**	EUR 1,500 + VAT per visit
Inspection visits outside Europe**	EUR 2,500 + VAT per visit
Extension of existing licence***	Extension of existing or changes in licence < 4 hours: EUR 375 + VAT < 8 hours: EUR 750 + VAT ≥ 8 hours: EUR 1,500 + VAT
Annual licence fee	The annual fee is calculated based on the number of units saved from the workshops that are part of the licence (in the whole world). 1€ per successful laptop & 0.5€ per successful tablet and phone.
Minimum annual fee	EUR 2,000 + VAT per year
Maximum fee	No maximum fee

* When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the fee is reduced by 50%. A micro-enterprise is in this context defined as an enterprise with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover (of both ecolabelled and not ecolabelled products) below EUR 2 million.

** Where audits requires more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1,000€ per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the audit can also be invoiced the applicant.

*** As for an extension of or amendments to a licence, time consumed in connection with the review process will be invoiced according to the extent of the required task. We make a distinction between entirely administrative tasks that last less than 1 hour, and all other tasks that last between 1 and 4 hours, between 4 and 8 hours and more than 8 hours.

Same price applies all over the world.

The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
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