Hazardous substances, the law on waste electrical and electronic equipment are classified to identify, charge, restriction, and recycling. The aim is to promote the use of green materials and manufacturing processes. The financial burden associated with this step to support production requirements, to provide appropriate programs for recycling collection and disposal. These costs are mainly on the shoulders of producers and producers of the executedProducts. To remain competitive and to support environmental initiatives, manufacturers and associations must work together and collaborate on solutions that facilitate consistent programs and processes.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
The electrical and electronic waste directive, a set of guidelines first developed in Europe as a means to catalog all kinds of electronic products. The directive provides for the responsibility ofManufacturers to label products and create an infrastructure so that end users of the plant should be able to identify and return of waste electrical and electronic equipment free of charge. The producers are forced to coordinate the collection for the environmentally safe disposal, reuse or redevelopment.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Restriction of hazardous substances is an internationally recognized guidelines, with the intent to offer jointStandards that are used by individual countries and regions, in order to establish laws and internal regulations for proper disposal of electrical and electronic environment. RoHS is often referred to as the "lead-free initiative", but actually encourages dangerous substances six restrictions.
1 Lead
2 Mercury
Cadmium 3
4 Haxavalent chromium (VI or Cr6 +)
5 Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB *)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers 6PBDE (*)
* PBB and PBDE are flame retardants in some plastics.
The RoHS directive applies to equipment as defined by part of the WEEE Directive and numerical categories.
1 large and small appliances such as ovens, toasters, refrigerators, etc.
2 equipment including PCs, printers, etc.
3 Telecommunication equipment such as telephones, faxes, etc.
4 Consumer electronics such as TV, VCR, CD player, etc.
5 Lightingincluding light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
6 Electrical and electronic tools, including drills, lawn mowers, etc.
7 Toys, leisure and sports equipment, fitness equipment, including
8 Medical devices are currently exempt, but classified for future considerations
9 Monitoring and Control is currently free, but the categories for future considerations
10 vending machines, including ATMs
Batteries are not included in the RoHS directive, but are covered by theEuropean Commission Directive 1991 battery. The European Commission is also possible to include medical devices, industrial monitoring and control. These items were excluded from the original list of product categories, but it is generally accepted that the list is extended and be enhanced to include additional categorization of substances
The total contribution
Environmental labeling, controls, restrictions and gain international recyclingAttention. Japan was taking over the introduction of recycling laws, and incentives for producers to proactively lead-free processes. Japan has called a J-MOSS Lead-free labeling, some of which have products in July 2006.
China has introduced rules on the basis of a limited list of materials. Although the marking and publication came into force in March 2007, China has yet to publish a catalog of materials.
South Korea has brought the law for recycling of resources andElectrical and electronic equipment and vehicles in April 2007. This Regulation establishes a common framework and categorization of RoHS, WEEE and ELV.
U.S. Corporate Social Responsibility
In the United States, individual states other than the proactive introduction of standards for the labeling and disposal of electronic waste. Unfortunately it is limited to only a few states, and the rules were different, but with inconsistent results.
- California is the only state with RoHSrestrictions prohibit the sale of conforming products containing controlled substances. California regulations require the distributor to create a recycling fee to be collected at the time of purchase. This fee is used to reimburse collectors and recyclers of small independent IT management proper disposal of materials.
- Provisions in the state of Maine will share responsibility for recycling between municipalities and producers and manufacturers of products that supportEfforts both financially and physically.
- The State of Maryland is running a five-year pilot, which expires in 2010. In Maryland, manufacturers pay a registration fee to the state and regional funds to support collection programs.
- In Washington state, producers are responsible for funding their programs or standards administered by a central plan was approved third parties.
It 'only a matter of time before more statesIntroduction of controls on various hazardous materials. You are working in the best interests of producers and groups of constant self-regulated programs, processes and initiatives that promote environmentally responsible to establish recycling and disposal. Noting reliable results, the promotion of environmental awareness of consumers and to establish industry-sponsored responsibility, it may be possible to promote compatible and state regulations. To achieve the promotion of consistencythese targets reduces the risk of government control complicated and expensive. The protection of the environment and global resources through good corporate social responsibility.
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WORDS OF WISDOM
"It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when it was believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when the people control the destiny of the stars."
- Arthur C. Clarke
"Laws are likeSausages. And 'better not to see how they are made. "
- Otto von Bismarck
"The quality in a product or service is not what the supplier is out of control is inside and what the customer is willing to pay in September A product is not quality because it is difficult to make and costs a lot of money, such as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is the benefit for them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality. "
- PeterPrinter
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John Mehrmann is a freelance writer and President of Executive Blueprints Inc., an organization dedicated to improving business practices and development of human capital.
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