RoHS
The RoHS Directive
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 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.
Products placed on the EU market on or after 1 July 2006 may not contain more than the specified limits of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
There are a number of exempted applications for these substances, some of which have been agreed since the UK laid the RoHS Regulations before Parliament. The UK Regulations will be revised to reflect these new exemptions in due course.
The BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) is the UK lead for the RoHS Directive, being responsible for EU negotiations and UK implementation and has now published Guidance Documents. Please follow the below link for the full document.
www.berr.gov.uk/files/file40576.pdf
Implications of the Directive
The Directive restricts the use of a range of potentially hazardous materials in products manufactured for sale in the UK market.
Learn about the legislation
Envirowise provides advice that can help organisations become compliant with the RoHS Directive.
The UK's Restriction Of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Legislation has now been published. Further details:
The Rohs regulations came into force on the 1st
July 2006
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