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IPC Urges EU Leaders to Incorporate Science In RoHS Directive Recast

Industry News | 2010-03-17 19:24:13.0

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released a white paper, Recasting the RoHS Directive: An Opportunity to Solidify its Scientific Basis in Support of Comprehensive Environmental Regulation, urging members of the European Union (EU) Council and Parliament to ensure that the revised RoHS Directive be scientifically based and fully aligned with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation. Copies of the white paper will be sent to members of the EU Council and members of the EU Parliament's Environment Committee.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

TBBPA Ban Proposal Dropped; IPC Continues to Lobby for Scientific Basis in Directive

Industry News | 2010-05-30 16:14:13.0

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA — Efforts by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® to bring sound scientific analysis to the RoHS Directive were rewarded when RoHS Rapporteur and Green Party member Jill Evans announced plans to drop amendments calling for a ban of all brominated flame retardants (BFRs), including those, such as tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA), that have been found safe under European Union risk assessment.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC Lobbying Efforts Pay Off: MEPs Agree to Drop List of Priority Substances

Industry News | 2010-11-12 19:17:43.0

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed to drop demands for a list of priority substances for new restrictions under the RoHS Directive. IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has vehemently opposed the creation of such a list, calling for science to be the basis of all future RoHS revisions.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC Strives for Genuine Benefits to Environment and Human Health in EU Legislation

Industry News | 2010-05-26 13:06:11.0

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA — In communications sent to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) last week, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® lent its support to the adoption of RoHS Directive proposed amendments 197 through 203. These amendments support the use of a rigorous scientific methodology to evaluate additional restricted substances and their alternatives.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC Electronics Symposium to Highlight RoHS Revisions, Other Key Regulations

Industry News | 2010-06-21 15:29:58.0

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Environmental regulations on chemicals and substances continue to grow worldwide, often driven by political pressures. While some focus on manufacturing wastes, such as air and wastewater emissions, there is a growing lexicon of regulations which focus on the chemicals contained in products. To help companies understand new laws, regulations and regulatory trends, IPC will hold an IPC Symposium on Electronics and the Environment on July 19–21, 2010, in Boston, Mass.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC Issues Industry Alert to Members RegardingU.S. EPA Prohibition of PIP (3:1) in Electronics

Industry News | 2021-03-04 08:54:01.0

IPC alerted members about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final risk management rules to reduce exposure to five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals (PBTs). The alert calls attention to the rules, which went into effect February 5, 2021, and to one of the five PBTs with a history of use in electronics: phenol, isopropylated, phosphate (3:1) (known as PIP (3:1)).

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IEEE Standards on Environmentally Preferable Electronic Equipment Will Impact Entire Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain — IPC Urges Industry Members to Get Involved in the Ballot

Industry News | 2010-06-30 12:22:22.0

Two IEEE standards on setting criteria for environmentally preferable electronic equipment will soon go to ballot: 1680.2 Draft Standard for Environmental Assessment of Imaging Equipment and 1680.3 Draft Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Televisions...

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

IPC and IPCA Comment on India's Proposed E-Waste Rules 2010

Industry News | 2010-07-08 12:45:56.0

Working together to address the latest round of proposed substance restrictions, IPC and the Indian Printed Circuits Association (IPCA) have submitted comments in response to the Indian Government’s Ministry of Environment and Forests draft notification of E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2010.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

Troubling IEEE Standards on Environmentally Preferable Imaging Equipment and TVs Go to Ballot in One Month

Industry News | 2011-05-27 23:03:55.0

Two IEEE standards on setting criteria for environmentally preferable electronic equipment will soon be balloted. Although technically voluntary, these standards, under the Environmentally Preferable Electronics Assessment Tool (EPEAT) umbrella of standards, become de facto regulations due to President Obama’s Executive Order 13514 Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance that requires all government procurement to be certified to EPEAT.

Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC)

Clariant And Floreon Announce Collaboration To Expand High-Performance Biopolymer Applications To Additional Markets

Industry News | 2020-03-18 19:17:38.0

Clariant's Additives business and Floreon-Transforming Packaging Limited announce an exciting new collaboration to further extend the performance properties and market potential of biopolymers, whilst preserving their environmental benefits.

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