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Environmental Friendly Design

As part of our commitment to the environment, High Security Labs designs its products using non-toxic materials that comply with the European Union's Restrictions of Hazardous Substance (ROHS) Directive

ROHS

Background - What is the RoHS Directive?

More and more, manufacturers of electrical and electronics equipment (EEE) are moving away from using lead and other hazardous substances in their products. Instead, they are using non-toxic substitutes. In late 2002 the European Parliament and Council of Ministers adopted two directives to try and decrease the presence of hazardous substances in the waste stream. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive sought to decrease the level of WEEE through comprehensive waste management programs. The WEEE's twin directive on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) calls went into effect on July 1, 2006.

Substances to be banned or severely restricted include:

Lead
Cadmium
Mercury
Hexavalent chromium
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE)

HSL Commitment

All HSL products are fully compliant with all ROHS Directives since the company started to operate in 2008.

Our suppliers play a significant role in ensuring that this commitment is met. HSL expects all its suppliers of components and hardware to be in compliance with the RoHS Directive. HSL will monitor its suppliers to ensure their compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and policies including HSL's environmental specifications for hardware parts and products.

What HSL Customers can expect

In those countries/regions where compliance with the RoHS Directive is mandated, customers can expect HSL designed products to be fully compliant with the Directive.

WEEE

What is the WEEE Directive?

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC) is a European Union (EU) Directive, which was introduced to promote the collection
and environmentally sound management (disposal) of WEEE by the "producer" where the "producer" is defined as:

a company that manufactures and sells Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) under their own brand;
a reseller of EEE produced by other suppliers under their own brand;
an importer or exporter of EEE on a professional basis into a member state.

Together with its twin directive, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, the WEEE Directive became law in Europe in February 2003 and today, sets collection, recycling and recovery targets for WEEE across the EU.

The WEEE Directive requires that "producers" take responsibility for the financing, treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE arising from the sale of EEE Put On The Market (POTM) on or after 13th August 2005. In addition to this if the sale of EEE results in the disposal of old or legacy equipment, which is termed "historic" WEEE (i.e. EEE POTM before the 13th August 2005), then the "producer" is responsible for the financing, treatment, recovery and disposal of "historic" WEEE associated with this legacy product. In the case of "historic" WEEE where no replacement is purchased, the customer is responsible for the disposal of the WEEE.

The WEEE Directive requires that all 27 EU member states transpose its provisions into national law. As of 01-July 2007, all EU Member States (except Malta) had adopted regulations in this area.

HSL Commitment

HSL is committed to minimizing the environmental impact of our products by using environmentally-focused policies and practices in the design, manufacture, support and disposal of our solutions.

What HSL Customers Can Expect

For direct sales to customers where the EEE was POTM on or after the 13-August 2005 (all HSL products), the customer is responsible for returning the WEEE to HSL at their cost and HSL will then dispose of the WEEE in accordance with the applicable legislation. HSL will also dispose of "historic" WEEE on a one-for-one basis, provided the customer's "historic" WEEE is replaced with HSL EEE. Indirect sales to customers (i.e. Business Partners (BP), distributors and resellers) falls into two categories as follows:

if the BP, distributor or reseller resides in a particular EU member state and sells HSL EEE to a third party, which resides in the same EU member state, then the BP, distributor or reseller, as importer of the EEE into the EU member state, is viewed as being the "producer" of the EEE and by law is responsible for the take back and the disposal of WEEE;
if the BP, distributor or reseller resides in a particular EU member state and sells HSL EEE to a third party, which resides in a different EU member state than the BP, distributor or reseller, then the third party, as importer of the EEE into the different EU member state is viewed as being the "producer" of the EEE and by law is responsible for the take back and disposal of WEEE.

In countries where HSL is part of an individual take back scheme (e.g. in Austria, France, Germany and Ireland), the BP, distributor or reseller is responsible for returning the WEEE to HSL at their cost and HSL will then take responsibility for the disposal of the WEEE in accordance with the applicable WEEE legislation.

It should be noted that:

the default is for HSL's customers to contact the appropriate in-country HSL representative before contacting the disposal company regarding the disposal of WEEE; third parties should contact their suppliers and not HSL in relation to WEEE generated by indirect sales.

HSL only deals with disposal companies that are able to demonstrate that product disposal is conducted in a WEEE-compliant manner.

Contacts

For questions regarding RoHS compliant HSL products or product availability, and regarding WEEE please contact your HSL representative or one of our authorized business partners.

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