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VeriFone's Environmental
Programs
As a trusted global leader in the secure electronic payment industry, VeriFone is committed to protecting the environment, using clean materials and enabling the proper disposal of our products at the end of their useful life. To minimize the environmental impact of our business, we have created a corporate Environmental Compliance Program. Through the Program, VeriFone has been actively working with industrial partners, suppliers and service providers to meet or exceed all applicable environmental government requirements worldwide. Among these requirements are the EU's RoHS and WEEE Directives.
WEEE Directive
On August 13, 2005, WEEE or the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, went into effect. Through the WEEE directive, the EU has mandated the collection and treatment of electronic and electrical equipment at end-of-life. Producers of electrical and electronic equipment products face strict new compliance rules for collection, dismantling and recovery of waste equipment across ten broad categories, including IT and telecoms, electrical tools and instrumentation products.
RoHS Directive
Through RoHS, the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances, the EU has banned the use of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB and PBDE flame-retardants in most electrical and electronic equipment put on the EU markets. Beginning July 1, 2006, all products put on the EU markets must comply with the Directive.
Learn More
For more information about VeriFone's Environmental Programs, please contact your local country partner or VeriFone representative.
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