Today this announcement from Brooktrout Technology came across our TMCnet news feeds:
Brooktrout Announces Environmental Directive Plans for its Voice and Fax Products
According to Brooktrout, it has released new products in its TR1000 voice processing board family that it says are "the industry's first telephony platforms that meet the European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive." The release also says Brooktrout has implemented Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) labeling for its European Union products.
The RoHS Directive goes into effect in July 2006 for electrical and electronic products sold in the EU. The directive restricts the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, as well as PBB and PBDE flame retardants.
This is the second recent announcement I have seen about a VoIP company's efforts to comply with RoHS (see VoIP Provider Mediatrix Announces Environmental Compliance Program). The Directive is sure to appear increasingly in business news as the July deadline approaches.
AB -- 11/7/05
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