Mercury in high pressure sodium (vapour) lamps for general lighting purposes in lamps with improved colour rendering index Ra > 60: 155W < P ≤ 405W: 40mg per burner. This exemption has been revoked. It expires on 1 February 2024. ensure technical documentation is available to OPSS on request for 10 years after the last product is first placed on the market For general lighting purposes ≥ 50W and < 150W: 5mg per burner. This exemption has been revoked. It expires on 1 February 2024. Electronic toys are under the scope of the RoHS Directive, as such, need to be RoHS compliant before being placed in the EU market. Further, RoHS also applies to cables, chargers, and electronic spare parts that come with the product.

taking remedial action, as appropriate, if the economic operator ‘considers or has reason to believe’ that a product does not conform to the regulations which includes: Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is related to the design, use and recycling of electrical and electronics equipment or components. WEEE is a directive explaining how to use, operate and recycle electrical and electronic equipment or components. RoHS on the other hand, is related to limited use of hazardous products in electrical and electronics equipment or components. RoHS compliance should also follow WEEE compliance.For instance, the RoHS restricted substance Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) is commonly used in primers for coating. As such, speakers might contain a certain level of PBB, and importers shall ensure it does not exceed the limit restricted by RoHS. photovoltaic panels intended to be used in a system that is designed, assembled and installed by professionals for permanent use at a defined location to produce energy from solar light for public, commercial, industrial and residential applications; Non-linear tri-band phosphor lamps with tube diameter > 17mm (for example T9). This exemption has been renewed. It expires on 1 February 2024 for 15mg per lamp and on 24 February 2025 for 10mg per lamp.

On 14 November 2022 the government announced a further extension allowing the CE mark to be accepted in the UK until 1 January 2025. You must be ready to use the UKCA marking from 1 January 2025 at the latest, although you should use it as soon as possible. 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). Criticism earlier on came from an industry resistant to change and a misunderstanding of solders and soldering processes. Deliberate misinformation was espoused to resist what was perceived as a "non-tariff barrier created by European bureaucrats." Many believe the industry is stronger now through this experience and has a better understanding of the science and technologies involved. [43]new additions to RoHS exemption list". Electronicsweekly.com. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015 . Retrieved 3 July 2015.

Tri-band phosphor with long lifetime (≥ 25,000 hours): 5mg per lamp. This exemption has been revoked. It expires on 1 February 2024. 3. Mercury in other fluorescent lamps a b "High-Tech Waste – National Geographic Magazine". National Geographic. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018 . Retrieved 3 July 2015. Any brushing of the record surface with anything, including that "anti-stat" grounded brush on the arm, or a velvet pad, or those regular carbon fiber "antistat" brushs, adds static. They all do. They should be called static brushes. The vinyl just eats up the electrons. In the fashion-conscious mobile market, 98 million U.S. cell phones took their last call in 2005. All told, the EPA estimates that in the U.S. that year, between 1.5 and 1.9million tons of computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors, cell phones, and other equipment were discarded. If all sources of electronic waste are tallied, it could total 50million tons a year worldwide, according to the UN Environment Programme. [14]Which solution is the right fit for you? In this webinar excerpt, Knut Marius Fosse and Jamie Whitten will tell you about three options for upgrading to LED as well as the pros and cons of each option: Guidance booklet now provided on the extension of the scope of the regulations in July 2019 to additional EEE, with four phthalates added to the list of restricted substances.