RoHS review of the first anniversary of the green design is steady

RoHS (Restrictions on Hazardous Substances) from the industry formally adopted the EU's Harmful Substances Directive has been a year now. After the enactment of the directive, other countries, including China, South Korea, have also issued their own RoHS ban to force the industry to quickly understand the instructions and meet the requirements of the directive.

Unlike the EU RoHS directive. China's RoHS Directive requires detailed labeling and certification of electronic information products. China's RoHS directive also requires that 18 parts of the company's products be tested in accordance with the requirements of each part of the product in china.

Recycling method of electronic / electrical products and vehicles set (Resource Recycling of Korea ELectrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles) contains elements of the EU RoHS directive, the regulation covers all electronic products, but does not contain some important details, raw materials and exemption regulations covering the rules of product range.

The Electronics Product Stewardship (EPSC), a recently released Designing for the in, represents the work of the country's leading electronics manufacturers on environmental issues.

"We know that Canadians are increasingly inclined to buy products that are easy to recycle and have little impact on the environment throughout their lives," said EPSC vice president Jay Illingworth. "Our manufacturers are responding to this demand by investing heavily in the environmental characteristics of products (from initial research and development to manufacturing and sales). "

At the same time, RoHS and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has forced industry company to redesign the majority of products, and the European Union has continuously adjusted in these and other new instructions, in response to changes in the electronics industry and the development of electronic technology.

The European Union in April this year hired ECOLAS and RPA from the research team to study the RoHS and WEEE directives, which is clearly a response to the problem. The study started with two questionnaires about RoHS and WEEE and their impact on electronic products.

The study of RoHS will be able to quantify the impact of RoHS directives on the economy and the environment through cost / benefit analysis. In addition to other issues, the RoHS study will focus primarily on compliance costs and benefits, as well as RoHS technology costs. The study of WEEE will evaluate the impact of the directive on product innovation and competition.

In addition, the United Nations is launching a global initiative to reduce e-waste. This is known as the solution Problem (Solving the E-Waste, StEP) plans to focus on the elimination of lead, arsenic, three antimony oxide, brominated flame retardants, selenium, cadmium and mercury and other substances. The plan is expected to be constructed in the form of a similar EU WEEE directive. Dell, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have joined the program.

Author: Ron Schneiderman

Source: electronic system design