RoHS

ROHS Certificate stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances and regulates the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic equipment.

ROHS Certification has been providing their value added certification services to the Government, Public and Private Sector Organizations involved in various areas/activities. It is a professional organization backed by devoted, highly qualified and experienced personnel. ROHS provide a wide spectrum of customer oriented certification services in an efficient and cost effective manner.

In particular, while ROHS mostly originated out of concern about the use of Lead in manufacturing, it addresses and restricts the use of not just Lead, but also Cadmium, Mercury, Hexavelent Chromium (a carcinogen), and Poly-brominated biphenyls (flame retardants that may cause a variety of health issues) and Poly-brominated biphenyl ethers (another flame retardant that may cause a variety of health issues).

Lead is found in solder, in the plating for electronic component wires and printed-circuit foil, and in lead-acid rechargeable cells and batteries. Mercury is found in some high-intensity light bulbs and ultraviolet (UV) lamps, and was once common in cells, batteries and high-voltage rectifier tubes. Cadmium is found in older rechargeable batteries for small appliances and devices such as electric razors, cell phones and handheld radio transceivers. Valentine chromium exists in a wide variety of electronic components. PBBs and PBDEs are flame retardants used in plastics and in the manufacture of fabric coatings.

The ROHS Directive does not apply to batteries, tools, high-melting-point solders, the glass used in cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and fluorescent tubes, mercury-vapor light bulbs, ceramic components, and certain alloys for specialized applications. While 2002/95/EC applies specifically to the nations in the EU, similar measures have been proposed or adopted in several other countries.

RoHS stands for the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances. As of July 2006 this directive became law, restricting the use of six substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) sold within and to the European Union (EU) countries. The restricted substances are lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavelent chromium and flame retardants PBE and PBDE. Equipment regulated includes items like computers, cell phones, TV, fluorescent lamps, household appliances, toys and sports equipment.

There are certain items and parts that were on the market prior to July 1, 2006, that are exempt from RoHS, but most items used in equipment will have to meet full compliance. Some items will be completely discontinued due to not meeting the RoHS compliance, or manufacturers will have to change their process in order to meet the RoHS compliance. When a non-compliant product is identified, their approach is to work with the producer towards full compliance. PPI has worked towards full compliance of their products in both EU RoHS and China RoHS.

RoHS became a directive because our fast growing electronic industry. The life span for electronics decreased from approximately 6 years to 2 years in the past decade. Most of these products end up in land fills where the hazardous substances from the electronics can potentially leach out. WEEE is a companion EU law to RoHS, which stands for Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment. WEEE manufacturers and importers of electronic products are responsible for meeting the cost of their collection, treatment and recycling within the EU. RoHS will reduce the need for special handling of electronic waste in the future, while WEEE will deal with both existing and future waste, diverting it from EU landfills and reducing the threat of soil and water contamination, as well as human exposure to toxic substances.

The eight broad categories mentioned above reflect eight of the ten categories in of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) , the ROHS Regulations apply both to electric light bulbs and to household luminaires. The two categories of the WEEE Directive not included within the scope of the ROHS Regulations are Medical Devices and Monitoring & Control Instruments.

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