The mouse's shell is entirely made from Arboform and Biograde, and the mouse's cable doesn't contain PVC. The mouse is currently only available in the U.K. , Fujitsu operates a product recycling program, which already sorts out biodegradable material, in Europe for business customers, working with electronics refurbishers and recyclers.
The French Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development launched a call for applications addressing companies to take part in a national experiment on the environmental labelling of consumer products. Pursuant to Article 228 of the Grenelle II Law, this voluntary environmental labelling scheme will be “tested” from 1 July 2011 to 1 July 2012 in the form of a one-year pilot labelling project. Attachment that evaluation, the environmental labelling scheme may become compulsory, applying by category of products, as needed.
This revision is an interim update for REACH, 3 additional chemical substances are added and 2 substances are revised.
The latest edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics exposes the widening gap between companies that make good on their promises to clean up, and those that don't. While some of the top electronics manufacturers are failing to keep their environmental commitments, others are innovating and making significant gains in phasing out toxic chemicals, increasing energy efficiency, and making it easier for consumers to recycle old products.
China government published the Management of Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products (so-called "China WEEE") in 2009. As a complementary of this regulation, the first product catalogue of China WEEE was officially published at Sep. 8th, 2010. Five types of products are included in this catalogue, which are,
On September, 24th 2010, the European Union (EU) published in its Official Journal a European Commission decision amending the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) for applications containing Pb, Hg, Cd, Cr6+, PBBs or PBDEs in electric and electronic equipment. The new directive 2010/571/EU adapts RoHS exemptions to scientific and technical progress as an Annex to Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS)
On 26th August 2010, a number of amendments of the EU Regulation entered into force. The new dangerous chemicals added to the EU Regulation on POPs have already been subject to prohibition or severe restrictions in the EU. With the new amendments certain restrictions go further than previously was the case in order to comply with the new international commitments.
