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Feb 03, 2012 - Opportunity knocks for WEEE sector
Materials Recycling Week
The Waste Electrical and Electronic (WEEE) recast is upon us. It will come into force with formal publication in the Official Journal sometime in mid 2012 and each member state (MS) will then have 18 months to transpose it. So if all goes to plan, ...
New EU directive raises e-waste recycling targets
Feb 02, 2012 - New Gold Test XRF Analyzer Features Newest Detection Technology
PR.com (press release)
Quickshot XRF releases a new X-ray Fluorescence analyzer developed for precious metal analysis with Silicon Drift Detection technology. The QSX-295Tplus provides 10 second measurement times with a high degree of accuracy on all metals.
Feb 04, 2012 - Vishay Intertechnology Unveils New Power Metal Strip Resistor
Azom.com
In addition, the material offers extremely low TC features down to 75 ppm/°C. The WSMS3124 resistor is RoHS-compliant and delivers a tolerance of 5%. All these features enable the meter shunt resistor to deliver high electrical performance.
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY : Vishay Intertechnology's New Power Metal Strip® Meter ...
Vishay - New 3124 shunt resistor Features values down to 100uohm and 3W capability
Jan 31, 2012 - Environmentalists Turn WEEE Into Bins And Stools
TechWeekEurope UK
As businesses become increasingly aware of their obligations when disposing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), individuals are finding novel ways to recycle old electronic equipment such as turning them into waste bins or even stools.
Jan 27, 2012 - Varian Slashes Redesign Time for RoHS, REACH Compliance
Environmental Leader
It has also faced increasingly strict legislation restricting the types of materials and chemicals contained in its equipment, particularly the RoHS medical device-specific regulations coming into effect by July 2014, and the REACH legislation that ...
Varian Puts Its Supply Chain Under the Scope Ahead of RoHS 2.0
SAP publishes sustainability report, touts compliance methods
Jan 30, 2012 - WEEE Directive Being Recast (2012)- What for the UK?
ZDNet UK (blog)
By Richard A Johnson , 30 January, 2012 16:14 IT-Green is a (Computer / telecoms recycling) (WEEE compliant) recycling company, covering the whole of the UK. It currently operates with a view to provding UK businesses with a safe (licenced and …
European Parliament Approves Changes to WEEE Directive
The Lacunae in E-Waste Rules: WEEE Directive
Solar modules now officially regarded as e-waste
Feb 02, 2012 - XRF System
R & D Magazine
Bruker's M4 Tornado µ-XRF system offers high-speed analysis with high spatial resolution by using capillary optics and silicon drift technology. Optimized for rapid elemental analysis, the M4's optics concentrates the X-ray excitation into a spot as ...
Jan 20, 2012 - National Wire & Cable Launches XRF Materials Quality Verification System
MarketWatch (press release)
National Wire uses XRF technology to analyze a material's precise composition, and verify RoHS and Reach compliance as part of its extensive quality control program. Environmental concerns are increasingly acknowledged and enforced by government ...
Jan 26, 2012 - Varian Medical Systems Uses SAP to Support Sustainability and Compliance With ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Using the SAP® Environment, Health, and Safety Management (SAP EHS Management) application with product compliance functionality and the SAP® Product Life Cycle Management (SAP PLM) application, Varian was able to protect revenue from RoHS-related ...
Jan 25, 2012 - Revised WEEE Directive Sparks Debate in EU
Waste Management World
More of the Eu's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is to be collected and recycled, according to the European Parliament's recently updated legislation. Under the latest revision to the WEEE Directive, all Member States must increase ...
WEEE Directive beefs up EU IT recycling targets
EU's New WEEE Directive Fails On Reuse, Says Computer Aid
New WEEE law to be introduced
Jan 28, 2012 - Oooh-weee-oooh: BMOP unveils a concerto for theremin, among works for other ...
Boston Classical Review
By David Wright If you're one of those concertgoers who look forward most to the concerto, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, led by its artistic director Gil Rose, had a concert for you Friday night at Jordan Hall.
Jan 31, 2012 - Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED Certifications, WEEE
Environmental Leader
Hershey's says that later this year, US consumers will be able to purchase Hershey's Bliss products with 100 percent cocoa from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. The certification addresses environmental protection, social equity and economic ...
Jan 31, 2012 - Labour MP calls for more controls on WEEE waste
Plastics & Rubber Weekly
By Hamish Champ A member of a group of environmentally-conscious MPs has called for greater control of waste electrical and electronic items (WEEE) on household recycling sites. Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton and co-chair of the Associate ...
e-Waste Profiteering Costs UK Firms £50 Million Per Year
More controls needed to support electricals reuse
Jan 25, 2012 - Salmon River Resources: Detailed Laboratory XRF Assays From Drilling on E77 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Detailed laboratory XRF assays have been received from Genalysis- Intertek for the core samples obtained from the two-hole helicopter- assisted scout diamond drilling program completed at E77/1208 (Mt Manning South) on November 24, 2011.
Jan 23, 2012 - National Wire Implements XRF Technology for Quality and Materials Validation
Azom.com
By Cameron Chai National Wire & Cable, a designer and manufacturer of commercial wire and cable products, has introduced X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) technology to assure that the company's products follow all applicable Green manufacturing and ...
National Wire + Cable Uses X-Ray Fluorescence Technology
Feb 02, 2012 - Colbert Super PAC confronts Citizens United ruling
Red and Black
By GRIFFIN ROHS on February 2, 2012 But Stephen Colbert, host of the late-night news parody “The Colbert Report,” did just that as part of his failed attempt at attaining the GOP presidential nomination. Colbert's bid for candidacy started in June 2011 ...
Feb 01, 2012 - Montero Mining says RE mineralization at Wigu Hill amenable to X-Ray sorting ...
Proactive Investors USA & Canada
Montero sent hand-picked rock samples of varied geological and mineralogical compositions from the Twiga zone to the Mintek facility in South Africa, to identify the variation of rare earth content using the Rados XRF Ore sorter.
Montero Confirms That Rare Earth Dike Mineralization From Wigu Hill is ...
Feb 02, 2012 - 200 TVs dropped off at recycling centre
West Sussex Today
Residents brought these in during the second collection service of a wide range of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) at West Sussex County Council's waste service in Selsey. As well as the old televisions, more than 500 small items ...
Feb 02, 2012 - PC/104 DC/DC Power Supply from WinSystems Provides a 10-50V Input Range Plus ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Both the PCM-DC-AT500 and PCM-DC-AT512 are PC/104 and RoHS-compliant. They measure 3.6" x 3.8" (90mm x 96mm). Delivery is from stock. For sales information, please contact: WinSystems' Application Engineering Group at 715 Stadium Drive, Arlington, ...
Feb 01, 2012 - Varian Medical Systems Uses SAP to Support Sustainability and Compliance With ...
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Using the SAP® Environment, Health, and Safety Management (SAP EHS Management) application with product compliance functionality and the SAP® Product Life Cycle Management (SAP PLM) application, Varian was able to protect revenue from RoHS-related ...
Feb 03, 2012 - Rugged PC/104 DC/DC power supplies for military applications introduced by ...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
The output voltage is wired to the PC/104 connector. The PCM-DC-AT512 also has two four-pin connectors at the edge of the board to provide 5 volts and 12 volts to disk drives and other accessories. The two power supplies are RoHS-compliant, ...
PC/104 DC/DC Power Supply from WinSystems Provides a 10-50V Input Range Plus ...
Jan 27, 2012 - Investigation of Royal Oak High School Principal Michael Greening Continues
Patch.com
On the Save Greening Facebook page, ROHS parent Kristin Collick urges supporters to send emails supporting Greening and attend the next board meeting on Feb. 9 at 7 pm at the Board of Education office. “Even if he is not on agenda.
Jan 20, 2012 - WEEE sector sees opportunity in EU targets
letsrecycle.com
By Will Date The waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector has reacted largely positively to changes to the WEEE directive, approved by MEPs in Strasbourg yesterday (January 19). The changes will be enshrined in EU law once approved by ...
EU Passes WEEE Recast, Requires Up to 85% E-Waste Recycling
New Euro WEEE targets agreed
Electronic waste: EU adopts new WEEE law
Jan 31, 2012 - The £50m WEEE gap
Materials Recycling Week
The firm's report, commissioned by IT manufacturing giant Hewlett Packard, said the price of WEEE evidence notes had stayed stable for the past three years. However, the cost of collection and treatment had fallen over this time, and the value of the ...
Jan 27, 2012 - Update to WEEE directive welcomed by environmental agency
ComputerActive.co.uk
Tougher collection rules are to be introduced to deal with waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE). Discarded electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world and the European Union estimated that by 2015, member states will ...
Changes to WEEE would save industry millions
HP hits out at 'unfair' WEEE producer compliance costs
E-waste faces shifting landscape
Jan 27, 2012 - Producers 'over-paying' for WEEE compliance
letsrecycle.com
By Will Date Electronics manufacturers are 'over-paying' for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), according to a new report published by Hewlett Packard. The report suggests that since the introduction of WEEE regulations ...
Jan 31, 2012 - 3M Launches High Density Versions of Its Embedded Capacitance Material at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The material is RoHS compliant**. Samples of 3M's existing line of ECM materials will be available at the 3M booth (#706) at DesignCon 2012 in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Jan. 31 -- Feb. 1, 2012. To learn more about ECM solutions from 3M and its ...
Jan 19, 2012 - Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED, Minnesota Farming Conservation, Indian ...
Environmental Leader
JPMorgan Chase has earned LEED Platinum for the renovation of the 50-year-old building that houses its global headquarters in Manhattan, and the company says that it is the world's largest renovation project to achieve platinum status.
Feb 02, 2012 - Electrolux: Consolidated results 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Non-recurring costs amounted to SEK 825m, including SEK 635m for overhead reductions and WEEE related costs of SEK 190m for earlier years. -- Most of the Group's operations showed solid results in a challenging environment.
Feb 03, 2012 - 2012 BMW X3 xDrive35i Long-Term Test
Inside Line
Weee! Exiting a tight corner in our new long-term 2012 BMW X3 xDrive35i, we can't help but suspect that BMW is still thinking "Ultimate Driving Machine" and not "Joy." The all-new-for-2011 crossover may have an improved ride and better interior ...
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