What are RoHS and WEEE?
The European Union issued Directive 2002/95/EC regarding the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) and Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The objective of the Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS) is to approximate the laws of the EU Member States on restrictions of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, and contribute to the protection of human health and the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The directive restricts the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products sold in the European Union (EU) starting July 1, 2006, to a maximum concentration value of 0.1% by weight in homogeneous materials for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and of 0.01% by weight in homogeneous materials for cadmium shall be tolerated.
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