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LAR-Laws & Rules

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RoHS and WEEE - Reducing Toxicity and Waste in Electronic Product Design

Course No. I-2005

Credit: 2 PDH

Course Fee: $57.90 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: Chen-Yu Cheng, Ph.D., P.E.

 

Overview

"On December 4th of 2001, CNN reported on the Netherlands government's seizure of 1.3 million Sony PlayStation game machines. The estimated value of the items seized was $162 million US. The reason: Cadmium in some of the cables..."

With the price of consumer electronic products becoming more affordable with shorter life cycles, the effects of waste and toxicity to our health and environment becomes a more serious problem. Voluntary compliance to mend this problem has been ineffective. Thus, the problem is being addressed through legislation. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) and the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) were enacted effective July 1, 2006 in the European Union (EU).

If you are involved in manufacturing of electronic products in the US, it is important for you to understand if your product is at risk when exporting to Europe or other areas in the world with similar legislation. Many other areas in the world have (or will have) legislation, including Japan and China, which addresses the waste and toxicity in products by imposing stringent rules on manufacturers. In the United States, mirroring RoHs in EU, California Proposition 65 addresses toxic components in manufactured products, and imposes a penalty of up to 2500 USD per day for violation of the law. It is clear that there is an ever-increasing push for more environmentally stringent manufacturing policies across the whole of industry in the world.

This course is intended to provide the basic background information to show the foundation from which RoHS and WEEE were developed so that you can identify whether your product is at risk. The course is intended to be useful for those who:

  • have recently become involved in RoHs and WEEE compliance,
  • are aware that they will soon become involved in the application of RoHs and WEEE to their products, and
  • are interested in a review of the regulation.

This course is based on a paper published by Premier Farnell, PLC, that provides a very concise introduction to help the student understand the basics of RoHS and WEEE.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twelve (12) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

 

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • What are RoHS and WEEE?
  • The hazardous substances covered by RoHS
  • Who is required to comply with RoHS and WEEE?
  • What categories of products are covered by RoHS and WEEE?
  • When is it necessary to analyze a product for compliance
  • Products where restricted substances are likely to be found

 

Course

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RoHS and WEEE

 

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