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Encyclopedia > RoHS

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.


External link

  • RoHS directive text (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_03720030213en00190023.pdf) (PDF)
  • WEEE directive text (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_03720030213en00240038.pdf) (PDF)
  • Clean Computer Campaign (http://www.svtc.org/cleancc/)

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RoHS - Home (234 words)
The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment".
The RoHS Directive and the UK RoHS regulations came into force on 1 July 2006.
We are now delivering RoHS enforcement since the regulations were fully implemented on the 1st July 2006.
EC Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment ... (559 words)
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) aims to minimise the environmental impact of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) by reducing the quantities of four heavy metals and two brominated flame retardants which it may contain.
The RoHS directive draws its scope from the WEEE Directive and applies to categories 1-7 and 10 listed under Annex 1A of the Directive plus electric light bulbs and household luminaires.
The exemptions approved by the TAC in June 2006 were published in the EC Official Journal on 12 October 2006.
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