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• EU TAC Unofficial Notes (PDF, 79KB) - from April 2008 meeting - New!
• WEEE Guidance Notes from BIS, UK - New!
• WEEE Producers A brief guide to WEEE in the UK, from the envirowise website - free registration required.
• Overview of WEEE An in-depth guide to marketing and product development. Excellent explanation of the intent of both the RoHS directive and the WEEE directive, and good suggestions for product design changes that enhance life-cycle management.
• Beyond WEEE/RoHS: Cleaner Design A guide to sustainable development. The WEEE directive encourages product design for recyclability. This guide provides a wealth of suggestions.
• The WEEE Directory, UK - a directory of WEEE recyclers. According to a 26 March 2005 press release, this free directory is the place to go to find a UK recycler that meets your business needs.
• WEEE Marking Standard PDF Supplied by LG International. - New!
• Adaptation to scientific and technical progress under Directive 2002/95/EC (PDF, 879 KB) dated 28 July 2006, Oko-Institut report on the exemption process, featured in "RoHS Exemptions: Winners, Losers and Why."
• UK, approved compliance schemes - New!

• Lead-free Soldering website of the UK's Tin Whisker Report (1.5 mb PDF) from NASA - New!
• Lead-free Soldering website of the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
• JCAA/JG-PP Lead-Free Solder Project Reports - Joint Test Report on Lead-free reliability, from the US Dept of Defense and NASA.
• The Bob Willis (UK) Lead-free Soldering website.
• A wealth of articles on Lead-free Soldering from the Indium Corporation and others.
• ELFNET is a European research network with emphasis on lead-free soldering.
• The RoHSwell Bookshelf is stocked with authoritative books on every aspect of lead-free soldering. New!

• Korean RoHS English Translation (500 kb PDF) from EU Help Desk - New!
• REACH Q&A from White & Case LLP - New!
• RoHS directive 2002/95/EC (Consolidated) New!
• Status of RoHS Exemptions (PDF) by John H. Lau of Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Unofficial New RoHS Exemptions (PDF) Unofficial notes from the 26 June TAC meeting
• RoHS guidance AeA Europe
• RoHS guidance UK Dept for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• WEEE Guidance Notes from DTI, UK - New!
• Joint Industry Guide (PDF), April 2005, developed by EIA, EICTA and JGPSSI
• RoHS Enforcement Guidance (PDF), May 2006, ELFNET
• Final Report, RoHS Category 8 & 9 September 2006 - (PDF 2.4 MB) New!
• IPC-175X standard released 9 March 2006
• WEEE directive 2002/96/EC
• Japan RoHS - New!
• JGPSSI guides and tools
• EIA Special Report on China RoHS, 16-April-2003
• China RoHS English translations from GraspLLC.com - New!
• EU Battery directive page
• Basics of OSHA explained in plain English