What are WEEE and RoHS?
WEEE and RoHS are associated pieces of legislation relating to electrical and electronic equipment and the components (including casing and labels) that they are made from. WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and requires producers of electrical and electronic equipment to finance the collection and recycling of such items. Producers are also required to provide information about how to recycle their products. RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) require producers to restrict the use of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in electrical and electronic items. Robert Horne can provide a selection of RoHS compliant substrates.
Related Questions
- The RoHS Directive covers the same products covered in Annexes 1A and 1B of the WEEE Directive, with the exception of categories 8 and 9 (Medical devices and monitoring and control devices). What does "Producer Responsibility" mean?
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- What does RoHS & WEEE mean?
