UK Scientist Researches IT Hazards For EC
News The European Commission will rule next week which technologies should be exempt from the Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. The RoHS directive will come into force in 1 July, 2006.
[October 13, 2004, 16:20]
Palm Pulls Treo Over Dangerous Substances
News The EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) outlaws the sale of equipment that contains excessive levels of substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium, or certain flame retardants.
[July 6, 2006, 17:10]
Apple Apologises For Environmental Modesty
Blog Comment Apple products met both the spirit and letter of the RoHS restrictions on cadmium, hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants years before RoHS went into effect. A note of comparison — Some electronics companies, whose names you know...
[May 3, 2007, 14:48]
Chinese Will Pay Most For Green PCs
News Greenpeace’s drive for cleaner technology will no doubt receive a boost from incoming EU legislation called the ROHS Directive. Despite the announcement of the successful implementation of ROHS, the UK has repeatedly failed to implement the Waste...
[June 28, 2006, 17:25]
Is Video Conferencing Really The Answer To Lowering Carbon Emissions?
Blog Comment It's good to here that Tandberg is complying with all the necessary legislation - including WEEE and RoHS. Thanks for the comments Tolga. I guess I was just slightly disappointed that they aren't doing more - after all - it's not as if the company...
[May 31, 2007, 17:31]
HP Workstations - Environmental Performance
White Papers HP embraced compliancy with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive and it took pains to ensure that there was no disruption to the customers. RoHS restricts six toxic substances potentially found in electronic goods, including...
[April 30, 2008, 0:00]
Is Video Conferencing Really The Answer To Lowering Carbon Emissions?
Blog Comment I'm surprised to hear that TANDBERG UK folks you met were not able to convince you on the sustainable manufacturing principles of TANDBERG.of TANDBERG's equipment manufacturing is carried out in Norway and EU nations, meaning all electronic...
[May 31, 2007, 14:33]
The Value Of Green - A Case Study Of Hewlett-Packard's Social And Environmental Responsibility Strategies In The Supply Chain
White Papers In the electronics industry, this has been hooked to a series of new regulations that address the hazardous materials built into products (such as RoHS, or Restriction on Hazardous Substances) and the takeback of items from consumers at the end of...
[July 24, 2006, 0:00]
Greenpeace Clashes With Apple Over Toxic Waste
News The EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which limits the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, went into force in the UK on the 1 July and should go some way towards forcing the IT...
[August 29, 2006, 13:00]
Palm Launches 'European' Treo 750v
News Palm's previous partner Orange is still licensed to sell the Treo 650, according to a Palm spokesman — who acknowledged that the EU RoHS directive made this rather academic. Palm has launched the Treo 750v, a Microsoft Windows smartphone tailored...
[September 12, 2006, 17:25]
UK Firm To Unveil Wall-socket PC
Talkback Next month, the end of June 2006, Chip PC are releasing Xtreme PC-EX-NG series that are RoHS compliant with improved hardware specs, for which it will be USB 2.0 supported. Seee www.jackpc.co.uk for more stats, prices and UK purchasing info.
[June 1, 2006, 19:27]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Mohan RVS ECE Madurai Rettanai Bangalore rohs IT Database Development and Administration RDBMS Concepts India 48% United States 22% Romania 4% Russian Federation 3% Ukraine 3% SQL (ANSI) Fundamentals
[October 12, 2006, 9:46]
WEEE Directive Brings Legal Headaches
News Companies need to be developing strategic processes now to manage WEEE and RoHS [the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive] of to ensure everything is in place for next year. Companies will face a variety of legal challenges as they attempt...
[November 21, 2005, 17:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I know there'll be concerns about safety, but with WEEE and ROHS legislation already in place for other environmental hazards, company culture and practice is ready for the next step. Tuesday 17/10/2006
[October 20, 2006, 19:20]
I Don't Normally Reward Spam, But...
Blog Now, I introduce our latest TinyPlug Charger to you, which has passed the CE, UL, Rohs and CEC certifications. "I am foreign sales representative of TinyPlug Technology Ltd (www.tinyplug.com.cn). I have browse your website, knowing you are dealing...
[May 10, 2007, 11:06]
Lead-free Motherboard Kinder To Environment
News VIA says that its lead-free manufacturing processes comply with WEEE, and also with the Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (ROHS), which is a second EU directive Chip manufacturer VIA announced this week that it has produced a motherboard that...
[April 22, 2004, 17:00]
HP Investigates Greenpeace Toxic Claims
News HP also maintains that all of its laptops in the EU are currently in compliance with regulations such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive introduced in July 2006. HP and Apple have come top in an investigation into the levels...
[September 20, 2006, 17:45]
Paying The True Cost Of Technology
Leader The EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which limits the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, and is due to go into force in the UK on the 1 July, should go someway towards forcing the IT...
[June 29, 2006, 13:15]
Hazardous Tech Threatens Recycling Workers
News The EU has also introduced legislation — the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (RoHS), which is due to be enacted into UK legislation next year — to ban the use of certain hazardous substances.
[August 18, 2005, 18:15]
