Posts Tagged ‘ compliance ’

Mechanical design depends heavily on electronic technology, which is involved in the manufacture of everything from computer terminals to truck engines. Environmental compliance rulings such as the new RoHS/WEEE regulations therefore impact heavily on mechanical engineering manufacturers, and those using their products. The main concern is the increasing generation of electronic waste, or e-waste. Also known as waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE), this describes all the surplus, broken or otherwise discarded electronic and electrical products which end up in landfill sites. The problem is not the components themselves, but the toxic materials they contain. Cathode ray tubes, for example, [...]