STRATO TFT-3201 Operating Instructions Manual

European WEEE & RoHS Directives
On 13 February 2003, the Official Journal published the Waste Electrical and Electronic
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Equipment (WEEE) Directive, and the Directive on Restrictions on Hazardous Substances
in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS).
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC
The WEEE Directive covers almost all types of consumer and industrial electrical and electronic
equipment operating at maximum voltages of 1000V a.c. or 1500 V d.c. in 10 categories,
including computers & IT equipment, certain toys product, household
appliances, mobile phones, TV's, DVD's,
lighting and Medical devices, etc. The WEEE
Directive will place the responsibilities on
producer for separate collection points to the
environmentally sound treatment, re-use and
recycling will be covered by producers for their
own products. A crossed wheelie bin symbol
(Fig.1) Shall also be marked on the product.
Restriction of the Use of Certain hazardous
Substances in Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (RoHS) Directive 2005/95/EC
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The available evidence indicates that measures on the collection, treatment, recycling and
disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) as set out in the WEEE Directive
are necessary to reduce the waste management problems inked to the heavy metals concerned
and the flame retardants concerned in spite of those measures, however, significant parts of WEEE
will continue to be found in the current disposal routes. Even if WEEE were collected separately and
submitted to recycling processes, its content of mercury, cadmium, lead, chromium VI, PBB and PBDE
would be likely to pose risks to health or the environment.
The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws of the Member States on the restrictions of the
use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and to contribute to the protection
of human health and the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic
equipment.
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