The revised draft of the RoHS Directive adds restrictions on BFRs and PVC. Major electronic consumer product manufacturers Dell, HP, Sony-Ericsson and Acer recently issued a joint statement with three environmental organizations, calling for restrictions on brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in the revised EU RoHS Directive. ) and the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in electronic and electrical products. The three environmental organizations that issued the statement together with the four electronics giants were the International Chemistry Secretariat (ChemSec), the European Environment Bureau (EEB) and the Clean Products Action Group (CPA). They jointly called on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee to review the amendments to the RoHS Directive. In the voting of the draft, restrictions on BFRs and PVC were adopted. The vote will take place on June 3, 2010. Alexandra McPherson, partner of Cleaning Products Action (CPA), stressed in her speech that these companies have "worked hard" to prove that harmful substances can be replaced, and what is needed now is a level playing field. Last week the International Chemistry Secretariat (ChemSec) published a report proving that products that do not contain these harmful substances are already widely available in the EU market. The combination of these four companies
