Issues Environmental Issues  Hazardous substances (HS) Heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium)  Recent legislation European Union introduced
{"Image DocumentName": "Issues Environmental Issues Hazardous substances (HS)", "Image ImageDescription": "Heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium) Recent legislation. European Union introduced directive to reduce usage. Alberta introduced recycling levy on electronic equipment (Feb 1, 2005) California considering bill to completely eliminate HS. Environmental issues are becoming more of a concern. There are various pieces of legislation that have been passed or are under consideration regarding the disposal of electronic equipment. Heavy metals, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, are found in most electronic equipment, and represent a serious environmental disposal headache. Some jurisdictions, such as Alberta, have introduced a recycling levy on computer equipment sales, much like a tire levy or environmental levy for the disposal of tires or motor oil. California is even proposing legislation to ban hazardous substances in electronics. The bottom line implications of this are that costs will go up, and those costs will either be borne by the PC makers, the customers, or some combination thereof.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}