> ----------
> From: Bath, Jasbir
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 5:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [TN] "Lead Free", "The Great Gas-Out", and other
> musings..
>
>
>
> I read the comments on the lead-free solder situation. There is impending
> legislation in Japan as well as Europe. The Japanese Environmental Agency
> proposed legislation in Dec 1997 on the disposal of lead-containing scrap,
> such as electronics, in sealed landfill sites to prevent leaching of lead.
> Consumer and business users of electrical appliances will be required to
> return end-of-life goods to retailers or local authorities for recycling.
> The cost will be borne by the Japanese electronic manufacturers or
> importers of these products .
>
> By 2001, many of the Japanese companies will go lead-free with solders
> such as Sn-3.5Ag being used by April 2001 when the Electronics Recycling
> Act will come into effect.
>
> This will justify the European Authorities to continue with the
> legislation to ban lead in electronics (2004). The European electronics
> market is the same size as the US which will require US companies to have
> to produce lead-free products for this market. Japanese lead-free products
> will be produced and marketed in Europe as well as in Asia giving the
> Japanese companies a competitive advantage over US companies in this
> respect.
>
> I think that due to the nature of the situation the implementation of
> lead-free will come quickly and most of the major electronics
> manufacturers are already working in one consortia or another to evaluate
> and use lead-free solder.
>
> Jasbir Bath
>
> ----------
> From: Stephen R. Gregory[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 6:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] "Lead Free", "The Great Gas-Out", and other
> musings..
>
> In a message dated 5/3/99 4:28:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << So who do we talk to ?? (or who is being talked to?)
>
> Ahne. >>
>
> Hi Ahne!
>
> Ahhh jeeze...where do ya' start? Looks like by the year 2004 everybody
> over
> in Europe will be mandated by something called the WEEE Directive to be
> completely Lead free. WEEE stands for "Waste from Electrical and
> Electronic
> Equipment". You can read the second draft of this directive at:
> http://www.itri.co.uk/weee2.htm By the way, this is posted at a page on
> the
> "International Tin Research Institute" web site. If you go to their home
> page
> at: http://www.itri.co.uk/index.htm you'll read what they state their main
> objective is, which is (this is pasted directly from the page);
>
> Welcome to the world technology centre for tin
>
> "The International Tin Research Institute, now ITRI Ltd, is sponsored by
> the
> world's major tin producers with the primary aim of extending the use of
> tin.
> With 60 years of experience, we offer the premier source of information
> and
> contacts."
>
> Hmmmmmm,...I don't think they'll benefit at all if Europe bans lead do
> you?
> Naw...things like that just don't happen. Strange thing though, but I see
> some weird parallels here...MTBE? oil companies? What am I thinking? Silly
> me...
>
> Then there's one other strange angle. Although I haven't heard of any
> legislation that's trying to be proposed here in the states to ban us from
> using Lead, do you remember how most companies here in the states (heck,
> all
> over the world!) were kind of "motivated" to be ISO certified? Where did
> all
> that ISO stuff start? Oh one thing I forgot to mention, nobody will be
> able
> market any electrical or electronic product in Europe if they aren't in
> compliance with the WEEE directive...
>
> That darn song keeps popping back in my head; "Things that make ya' go
> hmmmm...."
>
> So where do you go to start voicing your opinion? Parliament? The solder
> vendors that see that train-a-coming and they're already at the station
> waiting on the train so they can jump on board...and all of them are
> saying
> they have that perfect "Lead-Free" solder? Heck, I don't know...I don't
> know
> if we're already past the point of no return. I think it's a damn shame...
>
> Maybe I'm too cynical...but I guess that's just me. We're all big boys and
> girls and we all can make our own decisions. Far be it of me to try and
> change anybody's mind. Maybe I have too active an imagination or
> something,
> but all I'm doing is asking why...and I haven't been able to get a
> straight
> answer that's been backed-up by hard data yet, where any benefit will be
> realized by switching to "Lead Free" soldering...
>
> Sorry I wasn't much help Ahne...
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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