The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (ROHS) became European Law in February 2003. Together with the Directive on Waste Electronic and Electric Equipment (WEEE) which is setting collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods it is part of a legislative initiative to solve the problem of huge amounts of toxic e-waste.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances European Environmental Directive
Part of the European Union Directive 2002/95/EC1. This Directive on the “Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipmentâ€. This directive takes effect July 1, 2006 and bans the use of lead, chromium, mercury, polybriminated biphenyl’s, cadmium and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
Material must be compliant to the EU Commission Directive 2002/95/(RoHS) for Cadmium (100 ppm), Lead (1000 ppm), Chrome6+(1000 ppm), Mercury (1000 ppm), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs 1000 ppm), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE's 1000 ppm).
Restrictions Of Hazardous Substance
Restrictions Of Hazardous Substances
Restrictions On Hazardous Substances
Restriction of the use of Hazardous substances
Reduction of Hazardous Substances: This is an European Union enviromental standard in which certain substances such as Lead, Cadmium, and other substances must not be present or present at low levels of certain products sold in EU member states.