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Teleconference to Address RoHS Data Collection
September 16, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
College Park, Md. — Electronics makers will have an exclusive opportunity to find out how the world's top electronics component suppliers and manufacturers are dealing with gathering data on thousands of parts at "RoHS: Coping with Data Collection and Reporting Nightmares," another Take it Back! Teleconference on September 28 at 1:30 pm.
The event is organized by Raymond Communications, publisher of the newsletter Recycling Laws International (RLI).
The 2003 EU RoHS Directive restricts the use of lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium VI and at least two brominated flame retardants (PBBs and PBDEs) in a wide range of electrical and electronic products (virtually anything with a battery or a cord) as of July 2006 in Europe. In addition, China, California and several other U.S. states want similar phaseouts in certain products.
The directives (WEEE/RoHS) cover more than 200,000 products — and could require more than 3,000 material declarations to make one computer under RoHS. Moreover, the draft declaration forms, developed by major industry associations, generally include not just seven chemicals, but 40.
The teleconference will feature Stephen Marlow, executive vice president of Toshiba Electronic Components Inc., who will start with the big picture from a semiconductor supplier perspective. Phil De Guzman, TEAC's manager of quality assurance for memory products, will provide the details.
Steven Boychyn, manager, SCM environmental engineering for electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Celestica will cover RoHS compliance from an EMS perspective.
For the question-and-answer session, an expert panel will also include Paul Quickert, regulatory compliance process manager for Hewlett-Packard Corp., and Jason Linnell, staff director for environmental affairs for the Electronics Industry Alliance. EIA has been active in developing standardized forms for RoHS.
The speakers and panelists will discuss how they are dealing with RoHS; how they are collecting data; what they expect from their suppliers; how they are verifying information; and how they are, in turn, supplying brand owners with appropriate information. The panelists will also delve into such issues as how to number new lead-free or RoHS-compliant parts, and whether the new forms might influence future EC legislation.
The teleconference will include an online component, and an audio CD will be available for sale after the event.