Dear Joe 

While it is true that amendments to EU legislation can be considered and proposed by e.g. the European Parliament or Council during the initial stages of legislative development, WEEE and RHS are now at the final stage of consideration where the introduction of new amendments is not possible within EU procedures. There is neither an intention nor a legislative possibility to introduce any such change into the draft directive at this stage.

Final Directives should be available in December.

I imagine that for any such amendement to be accepted at later legislation reviews a 100% collection and recycling rate for old equipment would have to be guaranteed - and dont forget that this would have to be at no (obvious) cost to the consumer. 

regards
Kay

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From: Joe Fjelstad [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 August 2002 12:59
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Subject: Re: [LF] Solid State Technology Article


Hi Kay,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts to the post but don't you think that citizens have a right and moral obligation to resist bad or ill conceived laws and regulations and work to get them changed? Why would such an amendment not be considered?

Your response does beg the question, however. Is not recycling the ultimate objective of WEEE? And if so, then even if tin-lead solders are used. the ultimate objectives of no lead (in land fills) will be accomplished. Are they not? (And with less environmental damage as we are learning)

But there is still the unanswered question the lack of a credible reference that directly relates lead in electronic solders to human health which has been the entire premise of the lead-free effort. Has it not? I have yet to find or receive any such evidence.

With all respect, lead-free is, by all that I have seen, indefensible. Almost without exception, every engineer and environmentalist I have spoken to has said that while the intentions are good, the results are troublesome at best and the effort seems very ill conceived. And as my dear mother is fond of saving "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

The legislators must be presented with good, science based information or they cannot pass good laws and regulations.

Emotion has no place in science nor should it in law.

Kindest regards,
Joe

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