RoHS-WEEE Compliance News

RoHSwell Compliance News Feed

13 Apr 2008 12:31:01 MST

This feed of RoHS and WEEE articles from electronics industry publications is provided by RoHSwell.com. Visit RoHSwell.com for the latest and best information about RoHS, WEEE and other green initiatives.

New RoHS-WEEE Compliance Seminars at RoHSwell.com

13 Apr 2008 13:42:00 MST

These seminars have been posted on RoHSwell.com:

Overcoming the Reliability Challenges: An IPC Summit, 14-16 Apr 2008, Boston, MA
A Procrastinator's Guide to Rapid WEEE and RoHS Compliance, 16 Apr 2008, Webinar

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Green Tech Survey: Too Costly, Hard to Cooperate With Other Companies

11 Apr 2008 13:00:00 MST

Responses to Tech News' Green Tech Survey conducted in March indicate that most SME businesses find compliance expenses excessively burdensome.

Connector prices will rise

10 Apr 2008 13:00:00 MST

Connector suppliers predict an increase in prices for 2008, as the prices for raw material, such as metals and plastic will soar.

European Court of Justice annuls Deca-BDE RoHS exemption

08 Apr 2008 13:00:00 MST

The European Court of Justice has annulled the decabromodiphenyl ether (Deca-BDE) exemption to the RoHS directive, stating that the European Commission used an incorrect criterion, an EU risk assessment as the basis for exemption. Users of Deca-BDE only have three months before the exemption expires.

Within a whisker of failure

03 Apr 2008 13:00:00 MST

Removing lead from solder may seem a smart idea environmentally, but the resulting microscopic growths called tin whiskers could be just as problematic.

Designing for Environmental Compliance

02 Apr 2008 13:00:00 MST

Companies that take advantage of PLM technology with compliance data management solutions will leapfrog the competition.

WEEE a challenge in Central Europe

31 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

Central and Eastern Europe lack a well-developed network of statewide collection points for electronics waste compared to most of Western Europe.

List: All substances that are possibly included in the new RoHS-directive

28 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

evertiq has listed all substances that might be included in the revised and more rigorous RoHS directive, introduced later this year.

Possible RoHS Followup 'Arbitrary and Capricious,' IPC Claims

28 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

With the industry still reeling in some circles from the after-shocks of the RoHS Directive, a proposed list of nearly 50 additional substances has touched off an uproar over Europe's apparent desire to obliterate modern electronics. In the latest volley, IPC is calling on the organization charged with assessing potentially hazardous substances for possible inclusion in supplemental legislation to the RoHS Directive to table its efforts until further scientific evidence is available to support a ban.

WEEE directive does not demand data deletion

28 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

A surprising amount of people and companies are unaware that waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) disposal firms are under no obligation to destroy data on old equipment, according to one industry bible.

Webinar: Counterfeiting a 'Real' Issue

27 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

High-tech products make up four of the top 10 border seizures, while one of every 10 IT products is counterfeit.

The WEEE board gets down to business

27 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Advisory Body (WAB) has now set up a work implementation plan that will assess the WEEE system.

Top five predictions for Green IT in Asia-Pacific

26 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

Not far from now, non-Green parts will be assigned end-of-life status and Green legislation will come to impact every single PC manufacturer, according to the IT market researcher.

Program for the planet

26 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

Some time in the last five years environmental sustainability has gone from being an avant-garde concept to mainstream business practice that leading manufacturers have integrated into highly profitable business models.

WEEE regulations have worked well

26 Mar 2008 13:00:00 MST

The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BEER) has said that the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations have worked well since their implementation last year, it has been reported.