Guidelines
In 2001, Plantronics established a cross-functional team to develop requirements that enable us to comply with domestic and international environmental directives.
Directives Plantronics Uses as Reference:
- WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment): EU directive 2002/96/EC – Producers must finance the collection, treatment, recovery and environmental sound disposal of WEEE. See also 2003/108/EC - Amendment to WEEE.
- RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances): EU directive 2011/65/EC– To reduce the environmental impact of WEEE by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances during manufacture
- REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals): The REACH Regulation European Union 1907/2006/EC
- ErP - Energy-related Products Directive - European Union 2009/125/EC
- The Battery Directive - European Union 2006/66/EC
- The U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (energy efficiency requirements for external power supplies)
- California Prop 65 California EPA Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986
- Ozone Depleting Chemicals (ODC): The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone - This protocol stipulates that the production and consumption of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere - chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform - are to be phased out by 2000 (2005 for methyl chloroform).
- United States Toxics in Packaging Legislation-1998, Packaging Directive EU 94/62/EC: All printed collateral and packaging components, including dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers and additives must neither be manufactured using toxic or regulated heavy metals nor have them incidentally present. Also see 2004/12/EC "Packaging and Packaging Waste as an amendment to EU 94/62/EC".
- HAZMAT : Federal policy, 1975: Outlining guidelines for labeling of hazardous materials during transportation, and what materials are hazardous.
- CFR Title 16, Part 1303: Ban of consumer products bearing lead, containing paint, outlines the ban of lead containing paints on consumer goods, as of February 1978.
- Overview of Universal Waste Regulation: C.F.R. Part 273: Civil policy for small handlers of Universal Waste outlines what is universal waste (consumer electronics devises are included & batteries) and provides guidelines for disposal, support activities need not be reported.
