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If you've been searching for an RoHS compliance software solution, you're in the right spot. Stay up-to-date and easily screen for potentially harmful substances with Toxnot's comprehensive product compliance software. Our tools empower your team to manage supply chain and materials data in one place, then check products against a wide range of legislation and standards.
Manufacturers and companies use Toxnot as an RoHS compliance solution to:
Toxnot simplifies reporting, tracking, audits, data analysis, and compliance determinations. Our user-friendly software combines your product data with industry standards and regulations.
Compliance is a complex subject that's constantly evolving. But when the information is easier to review and understand, compliance data can start to work for your company.
Toxnot's software brings all of the right info to your fingertips. It tracks supply chain, compliance, and materials data in one central location. Within the software, you can import information on the parts, substances, and materials you use within your products. There's also the capability to upload supplemental data, such as test results, certifications, or SDS files.
If your company is selling products with electric or electronic components within the EU, you will have to comply with RoHS. This includes compiling technical documentation of compliance, as well as completing an "EU declaration of conformity." There must also be a CE marking on the product itself. Additional elements of the legislation apply to the manufacturing process, how long documentation is kept, and more.
Toxnot is specifically designed to make navigating these complex requirements more simple. And if your team is supplying parts, rather than creating consumer-facing goods, the ability to hand over the correct information to your customers is likely to prove a valuable asset to that relationship.
If you're already using Toxnot for your other ESG goals, it's a simple matter of running your products through the RoHS filter to see how they perform. That's because Toxnot compiles all your materials data in one place so you can quickly analyze for risks, impact on the environment, potentially hazardous substances, potential for recycling or circularity, and more.
Not using Toxnot? Our all-in-one software solution scales to handle whatever level of usage you need. Get started by adding one finished product, then play around with the software to discover everything you can do with your data.
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. European Union laws have governed the use of hazardous substances in EEE, or electrical and electronic equipment, since 2003.
RoHS was designed to protect both the environment and human health by limiting the use of hazardous substances in products that have an electronic or electrical component. Many of these products end up in landfills as electronics break or become obsolete; therefore, the presence of certain toxic chemicals represents a real challenge to human and environmental health.
The RoHS Directive restricts use of the following substances:
These substances should not be present in consumer electronic devices, or devices with an electric or electronic component. RoHS sets out specific exceptions to that rule, as well as guidelines for how much of a substance must be present for it to run afoul of the law.
RoHS regulations govern all products that have an electric or electronic component that are sold within the EU.
RoHS itself is enforced by member states. The burden of compliance rests on the company putting the product on the market. This means that the manufacturers of distinct components may not have to comply with RoHS directly. However, purchasers of those components will need detailed materials data in order to comply themselves.
However, even for companies wholly outside the European Union, RoHS compliance is often still relevant. If you want customers within the EU to have the option to import your product, you'll want to be able to give them the relevant information for their own burden of compliance. It's also good information to have as part of risk management strategies.
Having chemical and material information on hand (and being able to show a transparent supply chain) can make your product more appealing for import. Toxnot gives you the tools to demonstrate regulatory compliance and supply chain transparency.
RoHS compliance is important to any company manufacturing or selling products in the EU. Toxnot simplifies the entire process. Try it out in order to discover a simpler, more effective, and up-to-date solution for handling the complexities of ESG, compliance, and sustainability goals.
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