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E-Waste (What can be done to improve things (The companies can stop making…

- - - - Lead (Pb)
        Mercury (Hg)
        Cadmium (Cd)
        Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+)
        Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
        Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)
        Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
        Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
        Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
        Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
- - - - Lead has been ideal for solder. In fact, says Carol Handwerker, chief of the metallurgy division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, “The whole electronics infrastructure was designed around the melting point and physical properties of [lead].” Lead is malleable and thus easy to work with, and it doesn’t fracture, she says. When lead is combined with tin in the correct proportion (63% tin to 37% lead), the resulting alloy has a low melting point of 183°C, which is another advantage
      - US National Library of Medicine
  - - - E-waste' is the fastest growing type of waste in Europe. Producers have had over three years to prepare for the ban's entry into force since it was decided in January 2003. This EU initiative has been closely followed by public authorities in some third countries, with China, a leading producer of electrical and electronic equipment, intending to introduce similar legislation next year.
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