ROHS Coverage on EDN

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Tool is in the works to standardize conflict-minerals tracking

... to demonstrate compliance with a law that discourages the use of conflict minerals. Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, publicly traded companies must report the use of tin...
http://www.edn.com/article/519288-Tool_is_in_the_works_to_standardize_conflict_minerals_tracking.php

India's ROHS turns up the heat

... and electronics equipment must also comply with the law, which bans substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium from electronics products for sale in the EU.India’s version, which is moving closer toward its May...
http://www.edn.com/article/518787-India_s_ROHS_turns_up_the_heat.php

Make your electronics supply chain green—or else

... the design effort. “The burden of compliance is on design,” says DCA’s Stanvick. “That includes material-restrictions reporting, since most companies don’t have a material-restrictions staff. Reporting...
http://www.edn.com/article/517634-Make_your_electronics_supply_chain_green_or_else.php

Reaching for ROHS recast

... be the substances of very high concern, currently that REACH [registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemical substances directive] regulates. ... The other proposal is one restricted substance...
http://www.edn.com/article/511468-Reaching_for_ROHS_recast.php

Patchwork of state e-waste laws keeps expanding

..., and each has its own registration process, a burden on OEMs. There are perennial attempts at national legislation that would create one set of rules, thus making compliance simpler and less costly...
http://www.edn.com/article/511260-Patchwork_of_state_e_waste_laws_keeps_expanding.php

ROHS recast: Electronics industry braces for further regulation

... compliance.At Arrow Electronics Inc, the components division has prepared for additional ROHS substances and fewer exclusions. “With more end equipment coming into scope, we find more of our customers needing...
http://www.edn.com/article/509999-ROHS_recast_Electronics_industry_braces_for_further_regulation.php

ROHS recast: Electronics industry braces for further regulation

... expecting these substances will eventually be restricted. Given that expectation, an industry coalition voluntarily stopped using PVC and brominated flame retardants and it has asked the industry to follow...
http://www.edn.com/article/509743-ROHS_recast_Electronics_industry_braces_for_further_regulation.php

Acer, Dell, HP, Sony Ericsson call for expansion of ROHS

... of the EU (European Union) ROHS (restrictions on hazardous substances) directive to ban the use of what they believe  to be hazardous substances in consumer electronics from 2015 onward.  Considered the most influential environmental compliance directive to impact the electronics supply chain and electronics design to date, ROHS was adopted by the EU in 2003 and put into force in 2006, restricting the amount of so-described hazardous substances being used in electronic sold and distributed within EU member states. Best known for its restriction on the use of lead in electronics design, ROHS originally targeted five additional...
http://www.edn.com/article/509056-Acer_Dell_HP_Sony_Ericsson_call_for_expansion_of_ROHS.php

ROHS-like House bill travels a bumpy road

... this is what they wanted to do for their membership and we were unable to dissuade them.” Will pre-emption survive? One of the goals of a federal bill to restrict substances in electrical products...
http://www.edn.com/article/457877-ROHS_like_House_bill_travels_a_bumpy_road.php

Voices: Newark/Premier Farnell's Gary Nevison: scoping out the Environmental Design of Electrical Equipment Act

... be misleading to talk about US ROHS compliance. The proposed HR2420 is different from EU ROHS, and, although it is claimed to be legislation designed to control hazardous substances, its main aim appears to be preventing states from imposing substance restrictions on products within the scope of this legislation. It would introduce some limited restrictions, but the exemptions list is so comprehensive...
http://www.edn.com/article/458190-Voices_Newark_Premier_Farnell_s_Gary_Nevison_scoping_out_the_Environmental_Design_of_Electrical_Equipment_Act.php


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