{"id":573,"date":"2006-06-07T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2006-06-08T05:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.computerworld.com:\/\/c01aa32ae8b8d21e2ecbf8ba3d319f53"},"modified":"2006-06-07T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2006-06-08T05:16:10","slug":"rohs-compliance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"RoHS Compliance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to think that I keep up the current news and trends, but just sometimes I come across something that I'm sure I should have noticed.<\/p>\n

This week, that was the RoHS Compliance Program<\/a>. The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive comes from the European Union and, to quote the site:
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“Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).”<\/blockquote>\n Basically, it's an attempt to clean up a business which is very damaging to the environment. Silican chip production is a toxic process, which they are trying to offset by removing other nasty chemicals and compounds from the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n

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I like to think that I keep up the current news and trends, but just sometimes I come across something that I’m sure I should have noticed.<\/p>\n

This week, that was the RoHS Compliance Program<\/a>. The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive comes from the European Union and, to quote the site:<\/p>\n

“Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basically, it’s an attempt to clean up a business which is very damaging to the environment. Silican chip production is a toxic process, which they are trying to offset by removing other nasty chemicals and compounds from the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n

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