Posted by Noble Sandra on November 19th, 2007 in Legal ·
The RoHs directive restricts the use of lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Hex-Cr), poly-brominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) to maximum 1000 parts per million and cadmium to 100 ppm…
Posted by Noble Sandra on November 19th, 2007 in Legal ·
The primary responsibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to develop and enforce health and safety standards that protect workers in the workplace. It has mandatory power to audit organizations for compliance of health and safety standards…
Posted by Noble Sandra on November 16th, 2007 in Legal ·
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Union aims at minimization of the impact of e-waste (discarded or end-of-life electrical or electronic equipment [EEE]), on the environment by increasing re-use and recycling and reducing the amount of WEEE going to landfills…
Posted by Noble Sandra on November 12th, 2007 in Legal ·
Directive 2002/95/EC, effective July 1, 2006, is not an EU law. Individual member states are to have their own regulations in line with the directive…
Posted by Noble Sandra on November 10th, 2007 in Legal ·
The US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 5,702 workplace related fatalities (around 4 deaths per 100,000 workers) and approximately 4.2 million incidents of workplace related non-fatal injuries and illnesses…
Posted by Noble Sandra on October 31st, 2007 in Legal ·
The objective of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC is to minimize the environmental impact of electronic waste. The WEEE directive protects landfills and regulates the disposal of discarded or end-of-life electrical or electronic equipment (EEE) also known as e-waste…
Posted by Noble Sandra on October 31st, 2007 in Legal ·
Highly hazardous materials, widely used in modern industry, are an ever present source of potential danger during transportation, storage and use…
Posted by Noble Sandra on October 31st, 2007 in Legal ·
The EU has developed the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC. This is only a directive (effective July 1, 2006) and member nations are to enact their own legislations based on its guidelines…
Posted by Noble Sandra on July 17th, 2007 in Business ·
Environmental pollution, particularly in land fills, from discarded electronic equipment (e-waste) or “waste electrical and electronic equipment” (WEEE), has been an increasing concern worldwide. Pollution occurs due to leakage of hazardous materials contained in the discarded equipment…
Posted by Noble Sandra on June 21st, 2007 in Business ·
I got training in SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system years ago when it was on a mainframe platform - version R/2. At that time the Germans who came to the US to teach, emphasized that the name was “S, A, P”…