Electronics Recycling Legislation in the USA and CanadaThe Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive (2002/95/EC) aims to protect human health and the environment through the restricted use of certain hazardous substances and to complement the WEEE Directive.
RoHS will become a law in the UK on 1 July 2006 and will affect manufacturers, sellers, distributors and recyclers of electrical and electronic equipment containing lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
Additional information on RoHS is available from the Reverse Logistics Association paper What is RoHS?
DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003
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