Hi Dacia!

I've got a PowerPoint Presentation called; "Electronic Waste Management in
Vermont" that I'll send to you. It's got a section that lists expected product
lifetime as a means to determine when they will expect to see in showing-up in
dumps and landfills after the consumer purchases it.

These figures were obtained from the EPA's report; "Municipal Solid Waste in
the United States: 2000 Facts and Figures. US EPA Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response. June 2002, Pages 150-160. It lists product life in years for
each type of product.

They can range anywhere from 13-15 years for a color TV, to 2-4 years for a
wireless phone. Seeing how your company makes memory, the report lists Personal
Computers of having a 3-6 year life.

-Steve Gregory-



> All -
>
> I looked through the TechNet archives to see if I could find some info....
> I found a few good discussions, but not any exact data that I am looking
> for.
>
> We currently produce commercial grade product - and recently a question has
> been posed regarding the life expectancy of standard commercial grade -
> post-production - product.
>
> Does anyone out there have a specification that I can reference, or seminar
> notes, or something that I could use as a guide for
> conformance/expectations?
>
> I'm referring to standard product - sometimes single sided, sometimes double
> - and we employ the standard 3 X's rework rule, don't bake our boards prior
> to production, etc.
>
> Also, is there a longevity difference between Sync product and DDR?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Dacia
>


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