What is RoHS Weee?

SecPoint Environment Responsibility

SecPoint is showing on an environmental responsibility in the following ways:

• Using hardware that requires minimum energy to produce.

• Minimizing materials in each packaging by focusing on digital and online media.

• Choosing packaging and materials that are recyclable.

All products comply with the EU’s RoHS Directive.

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) policy in Europe and Asia is an important step to restricting hazardous substances into the environment and it improves the recycle ability of the appliance.

RoHS: EU Directive 2002/95/EU

Q: What is RoHS?

A: RoHS is the acronym used to refer to the European Union (EU) Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

Q: What are the RoHS listed substances?

A: There are six (6) RoHS substances: lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr+6), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE)

Q: Is the RoHS Directive only applicable to products sold into the European Union?

A: Yes, however other countries are drafting RoHS-type legislation and SecPoint anticipates similar regulations may eventually be adopted worldwide.

WEEE: EU Directive 2002/96/EU

WEEE Notice

The WEEE symbol on your SecPoint equipment indicates that it should be disposed of by the end user in a manner consistent with required EU Directives, and the local transposition of the Directive in the end user's jurisdiction. The symbol is placed per Annex IV of the Directive and as prescribed by CENELEC standard EN50419, dated December 7th, 2004.

Q: What is WEEE and what does the WEEE symbol ("wheelie bin") on my appliance mean?

A: WEEE is a general set of requirements dictated in the EU Directive 2002/96/EC. This Directive mandates that member EU countries enact regulations governing the Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The Directive, and its individual transpositions into specific country laws and legislation, is aimed at the reduction of WEEE through reuse, recovery, and recycling of WEEE.

The WEEE symbol on SecPoint appliances means that the product was placed on the market after August 13, 2005, and must be treated as "new" WEEE. All appliances placed on the market prior to August 13 do not have the WEEE symbol and should be treated as "old" WEEE. Each EU country's legislation mandates that "old" and "new" WEEE be treated differently, and specific requirements may vary based on each country's enacted legislation.

More information about the EU RoHS and Weee directive is available at: