Seminars and Webinars
- IPC Midwest, Standards Development Meetings, 20-23 Sep 2009, Schaumburg, IL USA
- IPC Midwest, Exhibition, Conference and Courses, 23-24 Sep 2009, Schaumburg, IL USA
For full details of each seminar and links to registration information, visit the
RoHSwell Seminar List.
News
- June 20 - New RoHS-WEEE Compliance Seminars at RoHSwell.com
- June 16 - Europe-wide concerns over proposed WEEE collection goals
- June 16 - Addressing the challenge of Head-in-Pillow Defects
- June 16 - New regs drive plastics additives development
- June 15 - RoHS-but not as we know it?
- June 15 - ASUS First to Enable Energy Star 5.0 Compliance
Browse through all these, and previous articles in the RoHSwell Industry News Archives.
Press Releases
- 20 Jun 2009 - inXitu's, TERRA wins GOLD at 2009 Pittcon
- 17 Jun 2009 - Helioza.com Adds Le Neuz PR Service
- 15 Jun 2009 - Big Leaf Launches Le Neuz PR Service
- 22 Feb 2009 - Av-Stack VFR Avionics Panel Package
- 17 Jan 2009 - Lowest Cost Handheld XRF Analyzer Released by Skyray XRF
Organizations
- AeA - American Electronics Association
- dti - UK Dept of Trade and Industry, RoHS-WEEE
- EIA - Electronics Industries Alliance
- EICTA - European Industry Association
- iNEMI - International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative
- IPC - IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries
- JEDEC
- JEITA - Japan Electronics and Information Technology industries Association
- NetRegs - UK Government Information on Environmental Legislation and Compliance, RoHS
- Orgalime - European Engineering Group
- US Commercial Service - Directive implementation status, producer requirements, links to resources
Recycling Associations
Eco Links
- Best Environmental Resources Directory
- The EcoGateway - Pollution Prevention
- eWasteInsights - e-waste in California & the US
- Green Pages
- IPC Halogen Free - IPC mini-site
- Sino Apps China RoHS solution - New! - endorsed by Chinese Ministry of Information Industry
RoHS Toons (Archives)
And this little piggy...
Precocious little girl, big bad bureaucracy, squealing pigs; I just had to do it.
The RoHSwell View
Top Commentary
- What Is RoHS?
- What Is WEEE?
- RoHS Exempt? Don't Bet Your Company On It
- Sony's Cadmium Heartburn
- China RoHS and China WEEE Updated 28 Oct
- IPC-1752: Where's The Beef?
- New RoHS Exemptions - No Big Deal
- Why RoHS and REACH
- China RoHS EFUP Guidelines Translation
- New Hand-held XRF Analyzer From Oxford Instruments
- Green Manufacturing Conference
- XRF Directory - a new RoHSwell feature
- RoHS 28 Months Later
- New Toxicity: Business Changer
- Reviews of Supplier Green Websites - summaries and usefulness ranking
- Distributors With Green Websites, Other Businesses
- Read all the articles in the RoHSwell News Archives
- and in the RoHSwell Announcement Archives
- Browse books in the RoHSwell Bookshelf
News Feed, Announcements
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Community
- Exchange email and share green compliance ideas with an international team. Join the RoHS Yahoo Group
Focus On WEEE
- EU TAC Unofficial Notes (PDF, 79KB) - from April 2008 meeting - New!
- WEEE Guidance Notes from DTI, UK - New!
- Implementing the WEEE Directive (PDF, 1MB) - A simple presentation on how the UK National Clearing House (NCH) would work. Correctly identifies the issue that small businesses are largely out of the loop regarding environmental legislation.
- Actions you need to take for WEEE (PDF, 100KB) A brief guide to WEEE in the UK, from the envirowise website - free registration required.
- WEEE guide (PDF, 150KB) - 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.
- WEEE guide (PDF, 490KB) - A guide to sustainable development. The WEEE directive encourages product design for recyclability. This guide provides a wealth of suggestions.
- Perchard's Report (PDF, 1.3 MB) dated 5 November 2005, final report.
- 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 Labelident. - New!
- Sony Document on WEEE Markings (PDF, 240K) - Discusses the full scope of WEEE marking, from the directive language, to symbol dimensions and application details.
- 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 (PDF, 81 KB) - New!
Focus On Lead-Free
- 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!
Directives and Guidance
- 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 of Trade and Industry
- 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
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