Compliance with Environmental Legislation

At Zaber Technologies, one of our priorities is to minimize any potential negative impact our operations might have on both the environment and the health and safety of our communities.

On July 1, 2006, the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive came into force. The RoHS directive requires producers to replace or reduce certain hazardous substances commonly used in electronic equipment, including certain heavy metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium), polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenylethers. Non-exempt equipment or products imported into an EU member state from that date forward must meet RoHS standards. Other countries and jurisdictions around the world are moving towards implementing similar directives, with the aim of protecting human health and the environment.

Zaber's products and devices are currently exempt from the requirements for RoHS compliance, on the basis that they fall under Category 9: Monitoring and Control Equipment, used for measuring, weighing or adjusting appliances for household or as laboratory equipment. However, we are in the process of replacing components and/or redesigning our products with the goal of becoming fully RoHS compliant.

The RoHS status of each product family is displayed on the main product page for that family. Status definitions are as follows:

RoHS Status Description
Compliant

These products meet all the requirements for RoHS compliance under the current directive.
Non-compliant, exempt

These products contain components that do not meet the requirements for RoHS compliance; however, the products fall under a category that is exempt under the current RoHS directive.
Compliant version available

Until we have exhausted our old stock, these products will be non-compliant by default; however, a compliant alternative is available upon request. Customers must specify RoHS compliance as a requirement on their purchase order.
Pending

The RoHS status for these products has not yet been verified. To determine the RoHS status of a product we must contact the vendor of every component the product contains. These vendors must in turn contact their suppliers, which can be a time consuming process.

For more information, please see Wikipedia's entry on RoHS.