Background

With its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, on February 13, 2003, the European Union adopted Directive 2002/95/EC (download PDF).  The Directive restricts and prohibits the use of various heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market from July 1, 2006.

Raritan's Environmental Policy

Raritan, Inc. ("Raritan") is committed to protecting and enhancing the environment.  Environmental protection is integral to Raritan's continual improvement process, aimed at ensuring we meet the expectations of our customers, employees, and the community in which our products are manufactured, marketed and used.

Commitment to Comply

Raritan is fully committed to complying with the requirements of all applicable environmental legislation, regulations, including RoHS in our products.  Raritan commits to:

• Meet or exceed the compliance requirements of all applicable environmental legislation, regulations, and other voluntary requirements to which we subscribe
• Promote the prevention of pollution
• Continually improve the effectiveness of our environmental management system

Current Status

To achieve our objectives, Raritan is working with our supply chain partners to eliminate lead from our products. We are also working to adopt industry standard solutions to eliminate lead and other hazardous substances from our products.