RoHS Compliance and Rocket Production
Rocket Production only supply products and components that comply with the current EU directive with regard to hazardous substances. As such, all of our electronic Point of Sales products, components, accessories and spares fully comply with the RoHS Directive. This means you can purchase, use and eventually dispose of our goods without causing any hazard to the environment, or danger in terms of occupational exposure during manufacture or recycling.
What is RoHS?
The RoHS Directive concerns the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.
Under the directive, manufacturers (such as Rocket Production) are required to understand the requirements of the RoHS Directive to ensure that their products and components comply.
The RoHS Directive and the UK RoHS regulations came into force on 1 July 2006.
The RoHS Directive is an Article 95 single market directive.
The National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) has been delivering RoHS enforcement since the regulations were fully implemented on the 1st July 2006.
What substances are restricted?
Electrical and electronic equipment must not contain more than the permitted concentrations of the following substances:
Lead (Pb)
Mercury (Hg)
Cadmium (Cd)
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) (flame retardants used in some plastics).
What are the maximum concentrations?
The maximum concentrations are 0.1% by weight of the homogenous material for all substances, with the exception of Cadmium where the limit is 0.01%.
What types of products are affected?
The RoHS Directive takes its scope from the associated WEEE (Waste Electronic & Electrical Equipment) Directive. It applies to 8 of the categories specified within the WEEE Directive:
Large household appliances
Small household appliances
IT and telecommunications equipment
Consumer equipment
Lighting equipment (including light bulbs and household luminaries)
Electronic and electrical tools
Toys, leisure and sports equipment
Automatic dispensers
Note: Batteries are not included within the scope of RoHS, therefore NiCd batteries are permitted in finished goods even though the use of Cadmium is restricted.
