The lead used in the tin lead solder is considered hazardous waste, unless you are using lead free solder. I also believe there may be mercury in the LCD displays. We dispose of our scrap Printed Circuit Boards with a licensed recycler. They reclaim the precious metals (gold and silver) from the components and properly recycle the lead, tin, etc. The moneys received for the precious metals cancels the recycling fees so it is a wash. Hope this Helps!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Marko Radojicic [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 4:17 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Hazardous Material Questions > > Greetings EMC-PSTC and TREG Groups, > > I was hoping that others may have been in a similar position and been > asked to respond to Hazardous Material related topics in an RFP. > > My company is designing a fiber optic networking product and is using all > the normal materials you would assume for electronic equipment, i.e., no > weird or unusual compounds - only FR-4, ICs, sheet metal, etc. Is there > anything commonly used in the manufacture of electronic equipment which is > considered a Hazardous Material according to the US Department of > Transportation or a Carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program (NTP)? > > We are not using any batteries so that should eliminate several potential > problems. > > Any help would, of course, be appreciated. > > Regards, > Marko Radojicic > Hardware Design Assurance > www.mapleoptical.com > [email protected] > Phone: 408/545-1263 > FAX: 408/434-9209 > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
