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14. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
WEEE DIRECTIVE
The WEEE directive aims to raise the level of recycling of electrical and electronic
equipment (EEE) and encourages designers to create products with recycling in
mind. Potentially, a key part of this directive is to make all parties aware and
more responsible for collection, treatment and recovery of WEEE.
CASELLA MEASUREMENT AND WEEE
All Casella products shipped from 13th August 2005 and thereafter will be
marked in accordance with the European standard EN 50419:2005 to indicate
“new EEE waste”. “Historical EEE waste” sold before this date will be handled
according to national legislation in European countries.
RoHS LEGISLATION
The RoHS is a directive from the European Union (EU) and bans the use of
certain substances used in the making of certain electrical and electronic
equipment after July 2006. There are six major substances on the list; lead,
cadmium, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB's), polybrominated diphenyl
ethers (PBDE's), and hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)). This directive stems from
the impact these substances have to humans and the environment from both
extraction of raw materials and their eventual disposal as well as occupational
exposure and exposure following disposal. In Europe, over 90% of
electrical/electronic equipment goes into landfill sites which amounts to about 6
million tons of waste every year. Removal of these substances will reduce both
health risks and damage to the environment.
CASELLA MEASUREMENT AND RoHS
Products manufactured by Casella are classified under Category 9, “Monitoring
and control instruments”
as per Annex IA of the WEEE directive and as such are
exempt from the requirements of RoHS. As an ‘environmental’ company, Casella
is committed to minimising the full life cycle impact of its products and actions on
the environment. Although Casella products are exempt, we are committed to
working towards the directive and as such are actively involved in a program to
work towards our core product ranges being fully compliant to the demands of the
RoHS directive by 2010. If the scope of the directive changes during this period
we will revise our strategy to ensure full compliance with the directive at all times.
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