The WEEE/RoHs Directive consists of two parts, the ROHS that deals with the recycling of WEEE and the restriction of the use of hazardous substances. The following is a brief explanation of the two directives.

Brief explanation of the WEEE Directive

A. The goal of implementing the WEEE Directive

The main purpose of implementing the WEEE Directive is to prevent electrical and electronic waste (WEEE), and to achieve reuse, recycling and other forms of recycling of these wastes to reduce waste disposal. At the same time, we also strive to improve the environmental behavior of all operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, such as producers, distributors, consumers, especially those directly involved in the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

B. WEEE instruction strip application scope

The WEEE Directive applies to the following electrical and electronic products: large household appliances, small household appliances, information technology and telecommunications equipment, user equipment, lighting equipment, electrical and electronic tools (except large static industrial tools), toys, leisure and sports equipment, Medical equipment (except for all implanted and infected products), monitoring and control equipment, vending machines. Table 2 (see next page) lists the product catalogs under the above categories of electrical and electronic equipment. This Directive will apply without prejudice to the EU's laws on safe health requirements and the EU's special regulations on waste management. The war materials of equipment, weapons and munitions related to the protection of the important security interests of EU member states are not applicable to this Directive.

"Electrical and Electrical Equipment" (WEEE) refers to equipment under the categories listed in Table 2, designed to use AC voltage not exceeding 1000V and DC power not exceeding 1500V, and the current work needs to rely on current or electromagnetic field and realize these currents and magnetic fields. Equipment for the generation, transmission and measurement. "Electrical and Electrical Waste" (WEEE) means an electronic or electrical device that is determined to be waste in accordance with Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC of the European Union, including all parts that are discarded as part of the product. Ingredients, parts and consumables.

C. Classification of WEEE

1. EU member states should take appropriate measures to minimize the proportion of electronic and electrical waste disposed of as unsorted waste, and achieve high-level classification and collection of electrical and electronic waste.

2. For electrical and electronic waste from private households, EU member states should ensure that a system that allows consumers and distributors to return these wastes free of charge is established by August 13, 2005. EU member states should give special consideration to population intensiveness and ensure accessibility of the necessary collection facilities.

3. When supplying new products, sellers should be responsible for ensuring that these wastes can be returned to their hands free of charge on a one-to-one basis. EU member states can implement provisions that ensure that electrical and electronic waste recycling does not cause greater difficulties for the ultimate owner and that these systems are free to the last owner. EU member states using this clause should notify the European Commission.

  Product Category Product Name

Large household appliances

Refrigerator

Freezer

Other large food refrigeration, storage and storage appliances

Washing machine

Clothes dryer

Washing machine

Cooking equipment

Electric furnace

Electric heating

Electric plate

Microwave oven

Other large cooking and food processing appliances

Electric appliance

Other large heating rooms, beds, furniture for furniture, etc.

Air conditioner

Other air blowers, ventilation and air conditioning equipment

Small household appliances, vacuum cleaners

Carpet cleaner

Sewing, knitting, weaving and other textile processing equipment

Irons and other ironing, flattening and other clothing care appliances

Oven

Frying pan

Grinders, coffee machines and equipment for opening or sealing containers or packages

Electric knife

Hair knives, blows, brushing, shaving, massage equipment and other body care appliances

Watches, watches and other instruments for measuring, indicating or recording time

Scale bar

Information technology and communication equipment

Mainframe

Minicomputer

Printer unit

Personal computer (including CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard)

Laptop (including CPU, mouse, screen and keyboard)

laptop 

Notepad computer

Printer

Copying equipment

Electric and electronic typewriter

Pocket and desktop computers

Other electronic collection, storage, processing, presentation or communication and products and equipment

User terminal and system

Fax machine

Telegraph machine

Telephone

Payphone

Cordless telephone

Mobile phone

Response system

Other products or devices that transmit sound, image transmission or other information via telecommunications

General civilian equipment

TV set 

Camera

Video recorder

High fidelity recorder

Loudspeaker

Music equipment

Other products or devices that record or copy sounds or images by means of transmitting sound and image technology other than telecommunications

Lighting equipment, except for fluorescent tubes and household fluorescent lamps

Linear fluorescent tube

Compact fluorescent tube

High-intensity discharge tube. Including sodium pressure tube and metal halide tube

Low pressure sodium tube

Other lighting or equipment used to launch or control lighting, except incandescent lamps

Electrical and electrical tools (except large fixed industrial tools) Drilling machines

Chainsaw

Sewing machine

Equipment for rotating, grinding, grinding, grinding, sawing, cutting, trimming, drilling, drilling, punching, folding, bending or machining wood, metal and other materials

Tools for riveting, nailing, or tightening or removing rivets, nails, screws, or the like

Equipment for spraying, coating dispersing or otherwise treating liquid or gaseous substances by other means

Tools for mowing or other gardening activities

Toys, leisure and sports equipment electric train or racing

Manual image game console

Image game

Computer for bicycles, diving, or boating

Sports equipment with electronic or electrical components

Coin thrower

Medical equipment (except for all implanted and infected products) radiotherapy equipment

Heart disease

Dialysis

Lung ventilator

Radiological equipment

In vivo diagnostic test equipment

Analyzer  

Freezer

Fertilization test

Other instruments for diagnosing, preventing, monitoring, treating, alleviating diseases, injuries or disabilities

Monitoring and control equipment

Temperature regulator

Measuring, weighing or calibrating equipment for domestic or laboratory use

Thermostat

Other monitoring and control devices for industrial installations (eg on control panels)

Vending machine hot drink vending machine

Hot and cold drinks or canned vending machines

Solid product vending machine

ATM 

All appliances that vending all products

4. Producers should ensure that they are ready to recycle waste electrical and electronic waste from non-private home users. Member States should ensure that they are as late as December 31, 2006 (Greece and Ireland can be extended for 24 months). Each private household collects at least 4 kilograms of scrapped electrical and electronic equipment per year.

D. Processing of WEEE 1. EU member states should ensure that producers or third parties on their behalf, in accordance with EU law, establish systems that use the best available treatment, recycling and recycling technologies and are responsible for the disposal of electrical and electronic waste. Producers can build this system on their own or in combination. Processing at least includes removing all liquid. The selective processing requirements for materials and components of waste electrical and electronic equipment are as follows:

1) At least the following substances, preparations and components must be removed from any waste electrical and electronic equipment collected by any sort:

1 Capacitors containing polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB);

2 components containing mercury;

3 batteries;

4 printed circuit boards of mobile phones, and printed circuit boards of other devices having a surface area greater than 10 cm 2 ;

5 toner cartridge, liquid, paste and color toner;

6 plastics containing brominated antioxidants;

7 Asbestos waste and components containing asbestos;

8 cathode ray tube:

9 chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) containing chlorofluorocarbons (HFCs), hydrocarbons (HC);

10 gas discharge tube:

11 LCD screen with a surface area greater than 10 cm2 (with appropriate packaging) and all displays with gas discharge tubes;

12 external power;

13 European Commission contains refractory ceramics as described in Directive 97/69/EC of 5 December 1997 on the technical progress of the Adaptation Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Hazardous Substances Fiber component;

14 Components containing radioactive material, set in Article 3 and Annex 1 of Directive 96/29/Euratom of the Council of 13 May 1996 on the basic safety standards for the protection of workers' health and the public from the danger of ionizing radiation Except for components that are exempt from the limit;

15 Electrolytic capacitors with related substances (height > 25mm, diameter > 25mm or proportionally similar volume).

2) The following components of the classified electrical and electronic waste are treated as shown:

1 cathode ray tube: to remove the fluorescent jacket;

2 Contains gas equipment that consumes ozone or makes global warming potentials higher than 15, such as equipment contained in foam and helium circuits: these gases must be properly extracted and treated. Ozone-depleting gases must be disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000 of the Council and the European Parliament on the destruction of ozone-depleting substances on 29 June 2000;

3 Gas discharge tube: Mercury should be removed.

To protect the environment, EU member states can set minimum quality standards for handling collected electrical and electronic waste. EU member states that choose this quality standard should inform the European Commission that the European Commission will publish these standards.

EU member states should ensure that any company or company engaged in the processing of business is subject to the following technical requirements when storing and disposing of electrical and electronic waste.

1) Storage before electronic and electrical waste disposal (including temporary storage):

1 an appropriate area with an overflow collection facility;

2 covering weatherproof equipment of appropriate area;

2) Location of electrical and electronic waste disposal:

1 an appropriate area with an overflow collection facility;

2 proper storage of the disassembled parts;

3 appropriate containers for storage of batteries, hazardous waste containing PCB/PCT capacitors and other radioactive waste;

4 Equipment for handling water in accordance with health and environmental regulations.

E. WEEE recycling

1. The EU member states will ensure that the producers or third parties on their behalf, in accordance with EU regulations, establish separate or joint electronic and electrical waste separation and recovery systems in accordance with the regulations. EU member states will give priority to the reuse of the whole machine.

2. For the electrical and electronic waste that is sent to the treatment, the EU member states will guarantee that before December 31, 2006 (Greece and Ireland can be extended for 24 months), the producers meet the following objectives:

1) Large household appliances and vending machines

1 The recovery rate will increase to more than 80% of the average weight of each appliance;

2 The reuse rate of components, materials and materials will be increased to more than 75% of the average weight of each appliance;

2) User equipment, information technology and communication equipment

1 The recovery rate will increase to more than 75% of the average weight of each appliance;

2 The reuse rate of components, materials and materials will be increased to more than 65% of the average weight of each appliance;

3) Small household appliances, lighting equipment, electronic and electrical equipment (except large fixed industrial tools), toys, leisure and sports equipment, testing and control equipment.

1 The recovery rate will increase to more than 70% of the average weight of each appliance;

2 The reuse rate of components, materials and materials will be increased to more than 50% of the average weight of each appliance;

4) For gas discharge lamps, the recycling rate of components, materials and materials will reach the lamp weight and above 80%;

3. To calculate these objectives, EU member states will ensure that third parties that produce or represent them record their total amount of electrical and electronic waste, components, materials or materials as they enter and leave the treatment facility or enter the recycling or recycling facility.

4. The European Parliament and the Council, based on the proposal of the European Commission, will establish new targets for collection, recycling and recycling by December 31, 2008, including appropriate and reusable appliances and Table 2 New targets for the reuse of products in category 8. When doing this, consider the environmental benefits of using electrical and electronic equipment, such as advances in materials and technology to improve resource efficiency. Technological advances in reuse, recycling and recycling, products and materials, as well as experience gained in EU member states and work will also be fully considered.

5. EU member states will encourage the development of new recycling, recycling and treatment technologies.

F. The financial problems required to process and recycle WEEE

1. Funds needed to process and recycle electrical and electronic waste from private households

1) EU member states will ensure that producers are responsible for at least the collection, processing, recycling and environmental disposal of electrical and electronic waste from private households by August 13, 2005.

2) For products placed on the market after August 13, 2005, each producer will be responsible for the processing funds associated with the waste generated by their own products. Producers can choose to fulfill this obligation either alone or by joining a joint mechanism. When new products are sold, the costs of collection, disposal and environmental disposal will not be separately listed to the purchaser.

3) The administrative expenses of the electrical and electronic waste (“historical waste”) generated before the market will be put on the market before August 13, 2005 will be borne by all the producers in the market, for example, according to the market share of their products. proportion.

EU member states will ensure an eight-year transition period (10 years for large household appliances) after the effective date of this directive, allowing producers to show purchasers the cost of environmentally-friendly collection, processing and disposal when selling new products. The increased cost is not allowed to be higher than the actual cost.

4) EU member states will ensure that producers of electronic or electrical equipment via telecommunications are also required by this Directive to provide equipment in the EU member states in which the equipment purchaser resides.

2. Funding for the processing and recycling of electrical and electronic waste from users other than private home users.

The member countries will ensure that the funds for the environmentally-friendly disposal of the collection, treatment and recycling of electrical and electronic waste from users outside the private households, which will be placed on the market after August 13, 2005, will be produced by the producers before August 13, 2005. provide.

For electrical and electronic waste ("historical waste") of products placed on the market before August 13, 2005, the administrative costs will be provided by the producer. As an alternative, Member States may require users other than private households to bear this fee in part or in full.

Producers and users outside the private family may sign an agreement to provide other funding solutions without violating this Directive.

G. WEEE Directive requires information provided to the user

1. Member States will ensure that the following necessary information is provided to private home users of electrical and electronic equipment: