Doug, I would have thought you would already have come across the symbol for the "crossed-out wheeled bin" in the directive 93/86/EEC which "adapts to technical progress Council Directive 91/157/EEC on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances", the dangerous substances being lead, cadmium, and mercury.
The WEEE directive is a real "bag of worms" - it bans the use of lead based solder for a start !!!!! I'm afraid I haven't been following the progress of this particular directive very diligently, since it is really "environmental" rather than "safety", but there is certainly a lot of criticism from industry flying around. John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :john.cr...@scotland.ncr.com Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. > -----Original Message----- > From: POWELL, DOUG [SMTP:doug.pow...@aei.com] > Sent: 03 August 1999 01:01 > To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail) > Subject: WEEE Directive > > > Hello group, > > This may be off-topic, then again it maybe not. It is regulatory for > electronic equipment. > > I currently have a copy of the second draft of the "Proposal for a > directive > on waste from electrical and electronic equipment". Now I have done a > fair > amount of searching about this and located a number of pages to review on > the Eur-Lex website. But I still am not sure what the impact is for my > company. It appears that manufacturers will eventually be required to > provide a free service for recycling their obsolete products. > > Does anyone know if and when this goes into force. And if this comes > about > what are the implications to manufacturers who import their products into > the European Community. What is the appearance of this symbol described > as > a "crossed-out wheeled bin"? What notifications are required in user > documentation? Is there a requirement to either provide or contract > recycling centers? > > Thanks for any help, > > -doug > > ======================================= > Douglas E. Powell, Compliance Engineer > Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. > Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 USA > --------------------------------------- > 970-407-6410 (phone) > 970-407-5410 (e-fax) > mailto:doug.pow...@aei.com <mailto:doug.pow...@aei.com> > http://www.advanced-energy.com <http://www.advanced-energy.com/> > ======================================= > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
