What is the meaning of RoHS compliance?
Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances
RoHS means “Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances” in the “Hazardous Substances Directive” in electrical and electronic equipment. If a product is RoHS-certified, this confirms that the proportion of hazardous, or difficult to dispose substances is limited to the maximum allowed.
What means RoHS?
RoHS is an abbreviation for “Restriction of (the use of certain) Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic Equipment”. The aim of both systems is the protection of human health and the environment through the avoidance of six substances – heavy metals and brominated fire retardants/plasticisers.
How does a RoHS work?
RoHS compliance dovetails into WEEE by reducing the amount of hazardous chemicals used in electronics manufacture. Put another way, RoHS regulates the hazardous substances used in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), while WEEE regulates the disposal of this same equipment.
What is the purpose of RoHS?
The RoHS Directive aims to prevent the risks posed to human health and the environment related to the management of electronic and electrical waste. It does this by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in EEE that can be substituted by safer alternatives.
Why is RoHS compliant important?
Why is RoHS compliance important? The restricted materials are hazardous to the environment and pollute landfills, and are dangerous in terms of occupational exposure during manufacturing and recycling.
Is RoHS required in the US?
There are no federal restrictions in the US, but California has its own RoHS laws. Covered electronic devices sold in the state must meet the same requirements as those in the European Union’s RoHS legislation.
What substances are restricted by RoHS?
The RoHS Directive currently restricts the use of ten substances: lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP).
What do you need to know about RoHS 2?
RoHS 2 includes a CE-marking directive, with RoHS compliance now being required for CE marking of products. RoHS 2 also added Categories 8 and 9, and has additional compliance recordkeeping requirements.
What does RoHS stand for in electrical category?
Welcome to RoHS Guide RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, and impacts the entire electronics industry and many electrical products as well. The original RoHS, also known as Directive 2002/95/EC, originated in the European Union in 2002 and restricts the use of six hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products.
What makes a product compliant with the RoHS Directive?
RoHS is a product level compliance based on the European Union’s Directive 2002/95/EC, the Restriction of the Use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS).
What does RoHS 5 / 6 mean for restricted substances?
RoHS 5/6 refers to compliance for 5 out of the 6 restricted substances (no compliance for lead (Pb)). Lead in very specific applications for Categories 8 and 9 is also exempted under Annex III for a few more years. For more information, see RoHS Annex III Lead Exemptions.