What is WEEE?
You may have noticed WEEE and wondered what it is about.
To start, we need to peek inside your computer, cell phone, and applicances to look at the control boards, circuitry and electronics. What we’d find is the electronics use all sorts of highly toxic and hazardous materials. When these electronic devices break or become obsolete, they often go to landfill. That raises serious problems because the toxic materials inside the electronics can then get into the environment. This is a massive global issue, generically referred to as toxic e-waste.
Passed by the European Union (EU) in 2002, WEEE is an attempt to address the e-waste problem. WEEE promotes the collection, re-use and recycling of electrical equipment to keep e-waste out of our landfills.
What is RoHS?
Adopted by the EU in 2003, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS, is closely linked to WEEE. Often referred to as the lead-free directvie, RoHS establishes limits on the use of six hazardous substances used in the manufacture of various types of electornic and electircal equipment.
Where WEEE seeks to minimize the e-waste stream going to landfill by establishing recycling goals and targets, RoHS minimizes the use of hazardous materials in the products and components by design. RoHS standards establish usage limits at the point of design and manufacture. Right up front, we can choose to be smarter about our products, eliminating lead and mercury by design.
We WEEE and RoHS!
Even though these are European directive, our Innowave products are all WEEE and RoHS compliant. They are designed with the end in mind, to minimize the use of hazardous materials and to be recycled. And we think that is good for our environment. Do you WEEE and RoHS? We think everyone should!
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