SteveStallings

Much attention has been drawn to the pollution and other environmental hazards that are on the rise these days. Prevention and control of these have become the need of the hour. Many laws and rules have been adopted and implemented in a view to control this. A few of them are the REACH, RoHS, WEEE directives, etc. [/url]environmental compliance refers to abiding by these environmental laws and rules. These laws govern the use of toxic substances and the wastes that are generated from the electrical and electronic wastes. The use of some substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, etc is banned completely by certain laws such as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. Other laws such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, focuses on the collection of e-wastes by the manufacturers, its recycling and reuse. Directives like the REACH focus on controlling the use of chemical substances, its safe use and minimizing its ill-effects on environment and life. The manufacturers look into each area step by step, to make sure that the product is environmental compliant. First it is made sure that the hazardous substances such as pesticides, radioactive substances, chemicals, solvents, F-gases, ozone depleting substances, etc are absent. Then emissions into the air are assessed. Burning fuels, burning wastes etc are taken into consideration. The equipments including the batteries, vehicles, fire protection equipments are checked thoroughly. The packaging is then checked for environmental compliance. It is made sure that the wastes after manufacture are disposed of properly without polluting the water or air.