Interesting notion...
So it would seem then that the EU parliament wants to enjoy all of the
presumed up side (Gosh, look how nice and "green" we are) and let others worry
about the down side of its groundless decisions.
Not a bad deal...
Still, if they are choosing to control the supply then they should also
taking responsibility for the repercussions of those decisions.
Of course, when things go wrong, those same politicians will all be pointing
fingers as everyone but themselves. I have never heard of a politician who
was not "innocent of all charges"... until convicted that is. ;-)
Joe
In a message dated 8/10/2006 2:03:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
think Mike may have identified a key reason that EU chose to control
supply rather than recycling. The EU could not control recycling
outside their constituents.
-----Original Message-----
From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mike Kirschner
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LF] Recycling lead unsafe?-- sorry, that argument is not
true and does not justify a ban on lead in solder
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:15:18 +0200, Oliver Betz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Harvey Miller wrote:
>
>> Below is an abstract describing operations of a major lead recycler.
>
>as far as I see, recycling lead _is_ unsafe if done as awkward as in
>some facilities in China and India - look at the Exeter study etc.
>
>When done "correctly", it seems to be safe to recycle SnPb solder.
>
>It seems that some people thought that the best way to protect the
>people working under these horrible conditions is to use LF solder.
>
>I do not think so. Maybe I'm too naive, but I would try better to
>improve the recycling methods.
>
I think that's precisely why this aspect of the RoHS directive was so
backwards. If a proper analysis had been done early on it might have
been
quite clear that comparable results could be achieved for a tiny
fraction of
the cost had the onus been put on recycling firms to use proper
processes
and technologies vs. the far more costly action of disallowing Pb in
solder.
That said, the EU clearly has no say in regulating recycling in India or
China; that is the sole responsibility of those countries' governments
(but
they can, and do, give advice to foreign governments including at least
China and those in North America regarding environmental regulation). So
if
the EU was trying to solve an international problem with the RoHS
directive
that's news.
Mike
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