The extract below from a recent EU press release may help. More information will be on our web site www.compliance-club.com within the next 24 hrs.
Commission welcomes agreement on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Restriction of Hazardous Substances The European Commission has welcomed the agreement between the European Parliament and the Council in yesterday evening's conciliation meeting on the Commission Proposal to introduce mandatory collection, re-use and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) throughout the European Union. The Commission has also welcomed the agreement on the related proposal to restrict the use of hazardous substances in new electronic equipment (RoHS). Waste electrical and electronic equipment is the fastest growing part of the waste stream today. Each European produces on average around 14 kg per year of these wastes. Currently, 90% of this waste is landfilled or incinerated without any pre-treatment. Cheers Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance Journal www.compliance-club.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe P Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:30 PM Subject: WEEE/RoHS Directives > > Greetings, > > Have the WEEE and RoHs Directives been officially accepted by the EU? Does > anyone know where I can obtain the latest copies of these Directives? The > latest I found on the Europa site was a proposal draft dated June 2000. I > also found copies on the Industry Council for Electronic Equipment > Recycling site dated 2001(Not sure what month). I also read that there was > an amendment dated in 2002 that changed the implementation date of the RoHS > Directive from 2007 to 2006. > > Any recent information on these Directives is greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > Joe Martin > Applied Biosystems > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
