Other RoHS Green Initiatives
The RoHS Directive applies to electrical and electronic products and their component parts and mandates a reduction in the amount of hazardous materials used in these products, impacting the entire business strategy for manufacturers from design and development to final output.
Your business may not escape RoHS compliance just because your products don't sell in the EU. Here is a list of countries that are working on their own version of RoHS:
- RPCEP (Regulation for Pollution Control of Electronic Products): China
Goes into effect July 1, 2006 - JGPSSI (Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative): Japan
Goes into effect July 1, 2006 - Adopting the EU RoHS Directive: Australia, Canada, Korea, Taiwan
- SB20 (Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003): California, USA
Goes into effect January 1, 2007
If you do business is California…
New electronics legislation (referred to in an article in INFORM* as the California RoHS) “may compel an acceleration of compliance with the EU’s material restrictions. The new law contains ’RoHS-equivalency‘ measures, which prohibit the sale of any electronic product in the state that would be prohibited from Sale in the EU because of the presence of heavy metals. This new law makes California the first state to legislatively address the toxicity of electronic products with the deadline for compliance being January 2007 rather than the EU deadline of July 2006.”
*This page uses material from an article in INFORM. INFORM is an independent research organization that examines the effects of business practices on the environment and on human health.
This Page uses material from the RoHS Guide article "Other RoHS Green Initiatives".
