I didn't see it. The regulations must have been written by a bunch of
beaurocrats.
Here is a question. Who has to do the recycling, the contract board
house, the OEM of the sub-assembly or the top level integrator?
Phil
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From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Genny Gibbard
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:53 PM
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Subject: [LF] WEEE directive webcast
Did anyone take in the WEEE directive IPC webcast this morning?
Any comments on it?
I must admit I knew almost nothing about WEEE going into the webcast, so
was
trying to get some basic understanding of what it is.
I also must say I didn't find the webcast set up very well. You had to
control your own slides and you couldn't even get the sound off the web
-
you had to call in to hear the presentation. I wasn't sure it was worth
the
cost. I have seen much better webcasts, on other topics, provided for
free.
IPC could learn a thing or two from SMTmag web casts...
Anyhow, my basic understanding of WEEE now, that I didn't know or
understand
before is:
It really has no connection to RoHS, other than I guess they are both
related to the environment.
Any product that comes to end of life after August 13 2005 has to be
recycled/reused and the cost of that has to be paid for by the producer,
if
they supply equivalent replacement products. It doesn't matter if it
is, or
needs to be, RoHS compliant or not. Other product recycling must be
paid
for by the user.
We need to label products that must be recycled.
We need to provide info on how to recycle our products.
Some countries will allow a fee to be charged for a period of time to
cover
recycling costs.
I did not understand at all what was meant by compliance schemes, but he
talked a lot about them.
He also talked a lot about registration, but I wasn't sure if that was
producers, or recyclers, or only producers that are within that country
that
must register there.
Is that a reasonable summary of WEEE? Can anyone clear up some of the
mysteries?
I feel like I need a law degree to understand this stuff.
Genny.
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