The EU WEEE (management of waste electrical and electronic equipment) directive has big implications for mechanical engineering companies, who today incorporate FPGA design and polybrominated plastics into many of the products they create. [Read more…] about Plastics recycling in the mechanical engineering industry
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Mechanical design, environmental compliance and data security issues
Environmental compliance within the mechanical engineering industry is governed by three main areas: the REACH, RoHS and WEEE directives. The WEEE restricts the amount of lead, mercury, Polybrominated flame retardants etc entering landfill, meaning they have to be recycled. However, the RoHS (Regulation of Hazardous Substances) act prohibits these substances being used for electronic or mechanical engineering processes in the UK and EU – so what happens to them? [Read more…] about Mechanical design, environmental compliance and data security issues