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Environmental
design consultants eco3,
in conjunction with partners Rohm & Haas, Intellect and Indesit,
have developed a compliance toolkit on Compact Disc, to assist businesses
affected by the Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment directives, RoHS and WEEE. The UK WEEE
Regulations are expected to be passed before the end of November
this year, and the UK RoHS Regulations were put in place on 7th
October.
The Regulations require the recovery and recycling of products at
the end of their life, and will enforce the removal of lead, cadmium,
hexavalent chromium, mercury, and two groups of flame retardants
from new electrical and electronic equipment entering the market
after June 2006. They therefore present massive challenges for the
electronics industry, including manufacturers, brand owners, importers
and distributors.
Developed in conjunction with some of the world's largest names
in the electronics industry, the Compliance Toolkit has been placed
on trial with over 200 affected companies in the UK. A beta version
is currently available, though this will be updated once the final
UK regulations on WEEE are published.
Contained in The Toolkit are a number of discrete sections, dealing
with various aspects of compliance with the directives. These provide
an outline of the Directives themselves, together with copies of
the regulations, timescales and FAQs, the way in which they will
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work in the UK and EC member states, and their possible affect on
an individual company. Video interviews with key industry experts
are also included in the CD, with DIY Compliance Checklists and a
bespoke action planning tool.
However, the most detailed fields of the CD deal with the practical
actions that need to be taken in order to comply with both directives.
These include financial and legal aspects, the reasoning behind the
exclusion of certain hazardous materials, and the identification of
alternatives, their sources and selection.
Available to EDi readers at a special
discounted price of £249.00, this compact toolkit provides
an invaluable guide to every company whose activities may be impacted
by the conditions applied in these important items of European legislation.
t: +44 (0) 1455 213322
f: +44 (0) 1455 213377
e: mark@eco3.co.uk
w: www.ecothree.com
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