Action Program of Environments

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Action Program of Environments

• WEEE / RoHS Directive Including USA / China
• Environmental Requirements and Policy.

Teddy N Goto Standardized Committee Compress
Digital Technology Ltd.
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What is WEEE / RoHS?

• EC ( European Community ) Directive.
• EC Article 95. RoHS
• -Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous
  Substances
• EC Article 175. WEEE
• -Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Official Journal of the EU 13th Feb 2003
• WEEE Effective..13th Aug 2005
• RoHS Effective1st July 2006

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Objective of WEEE RoHS

• Prevention the pollutions of Air, Water, Soil
• Keep the natural ecosystem
• Consideration the chain reaction of foods for
• damage the health
• In the world
• -1620Kg / Person. Year.WEEE
• -Mercury 36,000Kg. Cadmium 16,000Kg
• -40 Lead of reclaim and 50 Lead of Burned Up
  
• from WEEE
• -Illegal dump / Inadequate disposal

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WEEE Contents

• Here mentioned only relative parts

• Article 2. Scoop / Annex I
• -Basically all kind of electric products at
  home / Portable / medical /
• industrial / Vending machine / Lighting
  except military use.
• Article 4. Products Design
• -Design for easy to reuse and recycling.
• Article 6. Disposal / Annex II
• -Selective treatment
• Article 10. Information for User / Annex IV
• -Annex IV Mark on Unit and Instruction manual
• Article 11. Information for disposal facilities
• -All the relative information

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WEEE Article 2.
Scoop

• 1. Large Home Appliances..Refrigerator,Washing
  Machine,Air Conditioner, Micro Oven, Etc
• 2. Small Home Appliances..Vacuum
  Cleaner,Iron,Hire Blower, etc
• 3. IT CommunicationPC, Main Flame, etc
• 4. Consumer products..Radio,TV,Audio
  amplifier,Music instruments, etc
• 5. Lighting Facility..Florence Tube.Discharge
  lamp, etc
• 6. Electric ToolsDrill,Brushwood cutter,Lath,
  etc
• ( except large industrial facility fixed on
  floor )
• 7. Toys,ModelGame Machine, Car racing set, etc
• 8. Medical EquipmentsRadiographic
  Treatment,Electrocardiogram,etc
• 9. Monitoring,Control...Measurement,Security
  monitoring. Etc
• 10. Vending Machine..Drink,Can,etc
• -Vehicle..ELV Regulation..Under negotiation to
  harmonize to RoHS
• -Not clear..Solar panel,Large Air conditioner,etc

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Article WEEE 4
Products Design

• Consideration easy to disassembly for recycle
• Material identification and recycle mark on all
• plastics parts
• Easy to reuse and recycling.

Disposal
WEEE Article 6

• Members organization must be establish the
• WEEE disposal system.
• Selective Treatment.
• -Remove out al the liquid and Annex II from WEEE
  and separate disposal.

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Annex II
Separate Treatment

• Capacitor contain PCB or PCTDisposal follow to
  Directive 96/59/EC
• Switch or other components contain mercury.
• Battery
• PWB Assembly size exceed the 10cm2
• Plastics contain bromine flammable resistances
  material
• Toner cartridge ( All )
• Asbestos and compounds
• LCD Display size exceed the 100cm2
• Cable, Wire.. All External
• E-Cap size exceed the 25mm x 25mm
• CFC, HCFC, HFC, HC
• Dischargeable Gus Lamp.
• Radioactive components.
• Components contain flammable resistance ceramic
  fiber

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WEEE Article 10.
Information for User

• Provide the information for EEE user
• -Obligation of members courtiers.
• Hazardous substances information contain EEE
  that harmful for health and environments
• Meaning of the Annex IV Mark.
• -Obligation of producer
• Put on the Annex IV mark on unit and
  instruction manual
• Acceptable put on Annex IV mark on packing,
  Warranty card

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WEEE Article 11.
Information for workers

• Provide the environments relative information to
• -Recycle, Reuse, Maintenance, Upgrade for
• proper treatments.
• 1. Hazardous substances list contain in products
• 2. Places of those substances on unit
• 3. Components and material list of unit

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RoHS Contents

• Here mentioned only relative parts

• Article 1. Objective
• -Restriction of hazardous substances in EEE
• Article 2. Scoop
• -Application on item 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. And 10
  of WEEE Annex 1A
• Article 4. Prevention
• -6 Material shall be fade out after 1st July
  2006 put on market.
• Lead ( Pb ) Hexavalent Chromium
• Mercury ( Hg ) Poly Brominated Biphenyl (
  PBB )
• Cadmium ( Cd ) Poly Brominated Diphenyl
  Ethers ( PBDE )
• ( CE marking is pass trough day of customer )
• Similar legislation published by MII ( China )

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Threshold of Substances

• Cadmium. Less than 100ppm ( CDT lt20ppm )
• -Plastics, Metal and Alloy, Electric Mechanical
  Components,etc
• Mercury. Less than 1000ppm ( CDT lt2ppm )
• -Switch, Relay, etc
• Lead. Less than 1000ppm
• -Cable, Wire, Connector, Solder, Components on
  board, Ink, etc
• Hexavalent Chromium. Less than 1000ppm
• -Metal or plastics plating, etc
• PBB. Less than 1000ppm
• PBDE. Less than 1000ppm
• -Substances in plastics as flammable resistance
  chemical
• NOTEThe Threshold level is not same as Philips
  requirements
• because PCE put on some margin.

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Leadfree Products ( 1 )

• All the lead contain in products must be less
  than 1000ppm
• -All the Plastics parts including, Jack,
  Connector, Terminal, Cable, Wire, etc
• All the components on the PWB must be leadfree
• -Capacitor, Resistor, Semiconductor, Jumper
  Wire, Inductance. etc
• Use the Leadfree solder for Reflow and Wave
  soldering
• Repair ( hands ) solder also use leadfree type
• Some components can use conventional components
  reason come
• from Whiskers. ( Confirming to committee in this
  case )
• All the production including existing model
  should be leadfree
• from 1st JAN 2005 ( Not production date! Ship
  out date )

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Leadfree Products ( 2 )

• All the accessible parts must be lead content
  less than 300ppm
• -All the Plastics parts including, Jack,
  Connector, Terminal, Cable, Wire, etc
• The packaging material must be hazardless
• -Sum of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr IV must be less than
  100ppm
• Chemical test methods is Philips 004 or EPA3050B
• Possible area with lead
• -Packing Ink, Pigments, Spray Paint
• -All the plastics, PVC, Cable, Wire
• -Leveling PWB
• -Components on board
• Special area
• -Speaker, Transformer, Motor, Still plate / Can
  compromised in present
• -FFC connector / Cable..acceptable 10,000ppm due
  to whisker

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Leadfree Identification

• The Leadfree products and components should be
  identification for prevent the mixed up.
• PWB Assembly of LF should be printing on Pb Free
  mark on PWB
• by silk printing / color as same as top. bottom
  overlay printing.

For PWBA

• Pb Free label put on each carton of LF components
  and sub assembly container.
• CDT Provide the Pb Free label for approved
• supplier / factories.
• Recommended to put some identification on
• production facility like as soldering machine.
• The assembly line and warehouse better to
• separate from conventional products.

For Components
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Cadmium Free ( Cd Free )

• The content of Cd must be less than 20ppm on
  products.
• Possible area with Cd
• -All the Plastics parts including, Jack,
  Connector, Terminal, Cable, Wire,
• Printing ink, Pigment, Switch, Relay, Motor,
  PVC, VFD, Rubber, etc
• All the accessible parts must be Cd free ( same
  as LF products (1) )
• Packing material also ( refer to LF products (2)
  )
• All the wire and cable must be Cd free (PVC)
• Official test report is required for approval
• 1st JAN 2005 shipping products should be Cd free

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Mercury Free ( Hg Free )

• The content of Hg must be less than 2ppm on
  products.
• Possible area with Hg
• -Battery, Switch, Fluorescent-Tube, Relay,
  Mercury Lamp, etc
• Do not use the components use or contain Hg,
  Limitation is very small.
• Packing material also ( refer to LF products (2)
  )
• 1st JAN 2005 shipping products should be Hg free

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Halogen Free ( TBBA Free )

• Tetra Bromo Bisphnol-A ( Group of Bromine )
• Possible area with TBBA
• -PWB, Package Molding, etc
• All the PWB material change to Halogen Free
  Material
• Printing on hf mark on PWB by silk printing.
• 1st JAN 2006 shipping products should be Hg free

• Many PWB material supplier available hf
• Some Green flagship model use hf material in
• Y2005.
• The Requirements is Smell Emission and Phenol
  monomer / PWB supplier can provide test data.

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Hexavalent Chromium Free ( Cr6 )

• The content of Cr IV must be less than 1000ppm on
  products.
• Possible area with Cr IV
• -Chromate Plating, Paint, etc
• Do not use the Cr IV at any process especially
  plating
• 1st JAN 2006 shipping products should be Hg free

Asbestos ( All Kind )

• The content of Asbestos must be less than 10ppm
  on products.
• Possible area with Asbestos
• -Pigment, Paint, Plastics, etc
• Very less to mixture into our products / Notice
  to Supplier
• Immediately shipping products should be
  Asbestos free

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Other Substances

• Refer to The list of threshold of substances.
• Should be control and monitoring all the listing
  substances.

Other Regulation

• USA Federal Law
• -Mercury containing and rechargeable battery
  management act
• Should be mention the recycle procedure on
  instruction manual

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List of Substances 1.
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List of Substances 2.
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Ozone Depleting Substances

• -Montreal Protocol.
• The substances depleting the Ozone.
• -CFC, HCFC, HBFC, Halon, etc ( Substances list )
• Possible area with substances
• -Refrigerator, Air-Conditioner, Foaming Agent,
  Solvent cleaner, etc
• Do not use listing substances at production
  process
• Correcting the Gus when disposal Air-Con,
  Refrigerator.
• -Recycling argent can correcting hazardous
  substances.
• Take Action Immediately

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Global warming

• -Kyoto Protocol.
• For prevention the global warming of earth.
• -Management the Greenhouse gases exhaust
• -Carbon Dioxide ( CO2 ) -Methane ( CH4 )
• -Nitrous Oxide ( N2O ) -Hydrofluorocarbons (
  HCFs )
• -Perfluorocarbons ( PFCs ) -Sulphur
  Hexafluoride ( SF6 )
• Any activity emission the CO2
• Consider the decrease the energy consumption at
  products, production process, logistic, etc
• Take Action Immediately

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Q A

• Any Question
• Contact to e-mail ted.goto_at_cdt.com.cn

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