Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-03 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In a message dated 03/09/2005 08:44:22 GMT Standard Time, c...@dolby.co.uk writes: White goods are tumble driers, washing machines, dish washers etc. By clean up I just meant address the items which constitute the majority of WEEE. Chris, I agree that white goods as described above are likely

RE: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-03 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
...@ieee.org Subject: Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Chris, I was never in any meetings involving the Commission when the WEEE Directive was being drawn up, so I cannot comment on the accuracy of you assertion below. It seems more likely to me that - if the Commission even considered distance selling

Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-02 Thread emc-pstc@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Chris, I was never in any meetings involving the Commission when the WEEE Directive was being drawn up, so I cannot comment on the accuracy of you assertion below. It seems more likely to me that - if the Commission even considered distance selling at all - they took the view that at the

RE: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-02 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
] On Behalf Of richhug...@aol.com Sent: 01 September 2005 20:21 To: christine...@aol.com; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Chris, 1) The stated intention of the WEEE Directive was to foster PRODUCER responsibility, not CUSTOMER responsibility - although all parties

Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-02 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
3860, Direct Call: 3861 Fax: +49 30 6392 3863 Rudower Chaussee 29 12489 Berlin Germany http://www.Globalnorm.de www.Globalnorm.de - Original Message - From: christine...@aol.com To: emc-p...@ieee.org Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Hi

Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-01 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Christine, There has also been some discussion about the WEEE process for non-EU manufacturers on the lead-free list run by IPC. I agree with Rich Hughes when he says that the INTENTION of WEEE was to make recycling a responsibility of the producer, not the customer. However, there are a lot

RE: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-01 Thread emc-pstc@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
...@aol.com Sent: 01 September 2005 18:00 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Hi All, We design telecom equipment in the US, it is manufactured by our CM's in China, and we sell it into Euorope through our internal sales force which does not have offices in Europe. Since our products

Re: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-01 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Chris, 1) The stated intention of the WEEE Directive was to foster PRODUCER responsibility, not CUSTOMER responsibility - although all parties obviously have their part to play in protecting the environment in which we live. 2) You may be familiar with the idea that EU Directives are EU-wide

RE: WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-01 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
x265 Fax: (818) 772-0576 email: slifsh...@mrv.com From: christine...@aol.com [mailto:christine...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:00 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: WEEE Process for US Mfr's Hi All, We design telecom equipment in the US, it is manufactured by our CM's

WEEE Process for US Mfr's

2005-09-01 Thread emc-pstc@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Hi All, We design telecom equipment in the US, it is manufactured by our CM's in China, and we sell it into Euorope through our internal sales force which does not have offices in Europe. Since our products are not sold to consumers, do we have to worry about setting up a recycling program to