RoHS Sweep Nets 15% of Products Non Compliant

Folks,

Denmark, Finland and Sweden did a sweep of electronics products to check for RoHS compliance. Twenty two out of 152 products were non compliant....almost 15%. Yikes! With violation rates this high I would expect to see more investigations. Most violations were for lead in plastic or in solder joints. Only one case appears to be going forth for prosecution.

Cheers,

Dr. Ron

Posted by Dr. Ron Lasky on June 19th, 2008 at 5:02 PM

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Peg:

If the RoHS sweep does not scare you as a company just wait for the REACH sweeps and SVHC list.

RoHS is the tip of the iceberg and paved the way for the much larger REACH program that will cost companies billions, put at risk companies IP.

REACH is being marketed at a greener way to test for substances and the goal is to combine all substances into one massive database so that we can “Share” in the knowledge of how substances effect our environment. However as this is generated so to is the SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) that list those substances that the EU feels is not in the best interest of the environment (or better way to state it is the list that EU can apply a substance Tariff that will allow for the continued import.) Also a good way to get information on companies IP.

So be ready to have your checkbook ready, as it is free this year to register what it is you ship into the EU and at what tonnage you ship it. You can bet there will be a yearly bill sent to you and your company for the importing of that substance.
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the introduction REACH and SVHC will have a much more profound effect on packaging components than RoHS, we should be scared

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