RoHS (Restriction of use of Hazardous Substances) is part of a growing wave of environmental regulations or green initiatives.
The RoHS directive requires that six hazardous substances be removed from all electrical and electronic equipment.
Products destined for the European and UK market are RoHS compliant and carry the required labelling. Although the automotive industry is currently exempt, DigiCore's policy is to be compliant.
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (“the WEEE Regulations”) implement provisions of the European Parliament and Council Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
The WEEE Directive aims to prevent WEEE arising, to encourage reuse, recycling and recovery of WEEE and to improve the environmental performance of all operators involved in the lifecycle of electrical and electronic equipment, especially those dealing with WEEE. The Directive
sets requirements relating to criteria for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of
WEEE.
It makes producers responsible for financing most of these activities; retailers/distributors also have responsibilities in terms of the take-back of WEEE and the provision of certain information. private householders are to be able to return complete WEEE without charge
Producers will be required to finance the collection, treatment, recovery and recycling of their products when they reach end of life and become waste.
The directive as published by the EU came into force on 13th August 2005 although in some instances individual EU member country laws deviate from this date..
Although DCE subscribe to the WEEE directive, our distributors carry the responsibility to comply with it. Our products have been identified with the prescribed labelling as per WEEE directive.
As an example, Thames Water estimate that since installing C-track on their 1,200 vehicles, they have cut their fuel bill my 10% and reduced CO2 emissions by 429 tonnes.
FleetNewsNet 15 August 2005
DigiCore has in place a recycling program focusing on the following materials:
Only accredited companies are considered to partner DigiCore in its re-cycling program. These companies are:
DigiCore is a registered participant in the project. We have completed the CDP6 questionnaire, where we provided information on various aspects of carbon emissions.