Why RoHS is necessary for cables & other components?

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Everyday we handle and come in contact with all these plastic material, without knowing the potential danger that it can caused to our health in the long term.

The Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive is the European Union’s answer to what it
perceives to be a growing concern: the accumulation of hazardous wastes resulting from consumer products. The seed for what would later become the RoHS Directive was planted in 1988 when the European Union (EU) Council instituted a resolution and invoked a community action program to combat cadmium pollution.

The RoHS Directive applies to the following categories of equipment:

  • Large household appliances
  • Small household appliances
  • IT and telecoms equipment
  • Consumer equipment
  • Lighting
  • Electrical and electrical tools
  • Toys, leisure and sports equipment
  • Automatic dispensers

With Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant products,  all electrical and electronic equipment produced in the European Union must contain no more than the permitted percentage trace levels of the following substances:

  • Lead
  • Mercury
  • Cadmium
  • Hexavalent Chromium
  • Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)
  • Polybrominated Diphenyl
  • Ethers (PBDE)

At Belden, we pride ourselves on being an environmentally friendly and aware producer and  manufacturer. Many of our products are already compliant with these noted regulations. Product disclosures are available upon request.

Currently, BeldenCable™ products do not contain:

  • Asbestos
  • Mercury
  • “di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate” (DEHP)
  • Hexavalent chromium
  • PBB
  • PBDE

Look for the following logo to appear on Belden’s literature to identify RoHS-compliant products.