Production of electrical and electronic equipment is one of the most rapidly growing sectors of the manufacturing industry.

Due to technical advances, the life-cycle of products is becoming increasingly short, and there is a rise in the number of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
This increase is alarming, since electrical and electronic equipment is made of a complex mix of components and working materials, which is in part composed of environmentally hazardous substances. On disposal, these hazardous substances in waste electrical and electronic equipment can be the cause of substantial environmental problems.

The European Union has reacted to this problem with the enactment of the RoHS and WEEE- guidelines:

1. The "Guideline for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment" (RoHS)

2. The "Guideline for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" (WEEE)

The WEEE / RoHS guidelines were converted into national legislation on 23 March 2005, through the passage of the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (abbreviated as ElektroG).

ElektroG (the new legislation for electrical and electronic equipment)

is a law about bringing electric and electronic equipment into circulation on the market, as well as the return and environmentally friendly disposal of such equipment, the goal of which is to minimise the waste of natural resources and to prevent environmental contamination, in as far as this is possible.

> ElektroG
(the new legislation for electrical and electronic equipment / the current complete version)
> ElektroG
(the new legislation for electrical and electronic equipment / summary version)

RoHs (The "Guideline for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment")

provides that electrical and electronic equipment may no longer contain certain heavy metals and bromated flame retardants, as of 1 July 2006.

> Guideline 2002/95/EG - RoHs

WEEE (The "Guideline for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment”)

provides that electric and electronic equipment manufacturers carry the primary product responsibility. The manufacturers must establish systems for handling and recycling all disposed equipment, and they must meet the target objectives that have been defined in this regard. The responsibility for financing the collection, handling, recycling and an environmentally correct disposal of the waste equipment also lies with the manufacturers.

> Guideline 2002/96/EG - WEEE

Since a substantial need for information on the conversion to "lead-free components" exists and the implementation of RoHS and WEEE, SASCO, as the leader distributor of electronic components for industry and trade in Central Europe, has become actively involved with this topic. In these pages, we would like to give you an overview and keep you up-to-date about the current status and future efforts of our suppliers, regarding the conversion to "lead-free components".

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Disclaimer :

The RoHS information is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate as to the date shown on this web page. We give no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the RoHS information, we do not undertake to keep the RoHS information up-to-date and reserve the right to discontinue the purely complimentary provision of RoHS information at any time.

All information on the this website was compiled from information provided by our franchised manufacturers and is subject to change without notice. Binding written information from the manufacturer or expert advice should be obtained before any business decision is made in conjunction with the information