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RoHS Compliance at Intel
White Papers The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive is a European Union (EU) directive that seeks to minimize the use of certain hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE).
[December 22, 2006, 0:00]
Designing a Data Storage System for Environmental Compliance (Focusing on RoHS-Type Legislation)
White Papers As more governments pass, implement, and enforce environmental compliance initiatives covering electronics, small to medium sized businesses continue to struggle with what data should be tracked, how to track it, and keeping current on legislative...
[February 4, 2009, 23:00]
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]
Government appoints battery law enforcer
News Ian Pearson, the business and economics minister, said NWML was well-placed to enforce battery regulations, as it already has responsibility for enforcing the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Regulations (RoHS), a directive adopted by the EU in...
[February 3, 2009, 15:43]
Is the WEEE directive in trouble?
Blog Comment How well do you believe the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE; see Note 2) are working? Although it is difficult to assess accurately the impact of RoHS, given that...
[September 2, 2008, 16:02]
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]
Batteries law could force iPhone design change
News As with RoHS [the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive], there are still plenty of unanswered questions," he said. RoHS, was designed to limit the amount of certain hazardous chemicals in EU waste, and influenced, for instance, the removal...
[October 8, 2008, 17:05]
Is this story a waste of ink?
Blog Comment Makes RoHS look like the paper it was printed on. Waste of ink ? Yes. Waste of time? Maybe. Waste of marketing? No. Dangerous waste? Definitely. Materials made with semi-metallic ingredients with high electron mobility and organic solubility can...
[January 23, 2009, 8:36]
Trek Aerospace and VersaLogic Corp. Soar With New Generation UAV
White Papers VersaLogic's RoHS-compliant Puma platform was selected, as it draws only 5W during operation and less then 800mW in standby mode. Like many OEMs, Trek Aerospace needed an embedded solution with long-term availability and excellent support.
[April 30, 2009, 1:19]
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...
[June 5, 2008, 11:12]
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]
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]
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]
