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Responding to current environmental and energy trends within the information and communications technology (ICT) industries, TIA has mounted its own green initiative, building on a number of resources that include EIATRACK. EIATRACK is an online service providing global environmental intelligence and product-oriented regulatory tracking for the electronics industry.
EIATRACK's impressive suite of tools include regulatory alerts about new or imminent legislative developments and policies, weekly email bulletins, quarterly newsletters on topics such as WEEE, ROHS, Product Stewardship and Restricted Substances, webinars and special reports.
Whether a company is seeking to do business in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America or Latin America, EIATRACK produces the most up-to-date environmental product-compliance information produced by legal and technical subject-matter experts available anywhere in the world.
The items below are a sample of the program's coverage, or go to http://www.eiatrack.org/ for more information on features and to test the service by requesting a trial subscription.
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At the same time the National Environmental Council (CONAMA) is in the final debate over revisions to its existing battery disposal rule (Resolution 257/99), a member of Congress in São Paulo state has proposed a bill that would ban nonrechargeable batteries and require producer take-back for all rechargeable batteries. Given the importance of the São Paulo market, this bill has potential to impact EIATRACK members with operations or sales in Brazil.
On April 23, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new ENERGY STAR specification for set-top boxes (STBs). According to the EPA, cable, satellite and telecom STBs that meet the Version 2.0 specification will be 30% more efficient than conventional models. Game consoles and digital television adapters are excluded from the new specification.
A Special Report on Energy-using Products in Bulgaria has been created. This report discusses the amendment to the Bulgarian TRP Law implementing the EU Directive on the eco-design of energy-using products (the "EuP Directive"). The EuP Directive is a framework directive; products are not be subject to eco-design or energy efficiency requirements until implementing measures (so-called "Commission Directives") have been issued.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Green Grid, a consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computer ecosystems, to develop and promote best practices for the “greening” of computer facilities. The MOU was formalized in a signing ceremony held in Washington, D.C.