|
Now that California has adopted EU-style regulations, it’s time for all US companies to be sure to manage end-of-life IT assets in compliance with WEEE and ROHS guidelines. Before long these requirements will be universal.
EU's WEEE directive puts the responsibility for the manufacture, sale or disposal of corporate-use and consumer electronics back on the manufacturer. The ROHS directive restricts manufacturing, importing and purchase of equipment covering six substances: cadmium, lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers.
To read a conversation with Stavros Dimas, EU Commissioner of Environmental
Policies
click here.
For additional
information on End-of-Life ITAM check out our “Hot
Topics” section.
|
