Environmental Policy
"Perle Systems Limited, a Remote
Connectivity Solutions provider, is committed to the reduction and
prevention of pollution to the environment. As an ISO 14001:2004 certified
company, we support these objectives by ensuring activities that can
negatively affect the environment, and which we have control over,
are regularly monitored and measured by our Management and Improvement
Team members. We ensure all legal and other requirements are met and
the Environmental Management System is continuously improved with regard
to our significant aspects."
Restrictions Of The Use Of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
Perle Systems is compliant with the European Union Restriction of
the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment, (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC, that came into effect July
1, 2006. The RoHS directive prohibits
sale of electrical and electronic equipment containing certain hazardous
substances such as; lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated
biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), in the European
Union. Perle Systems has a program in place to ensure that it's products
continue to satisfy the RoHS Directive.
This compliance also extends to the recent amendments by the European Court of Justice regarding Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE).
Perle products for sale in China meet the requirements of China Ministry of Information
Industry Order #39, "Administrative Measures on the Control of
Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products," commonly
referred to as China-RoHS. All Perle electronic hardware products sold
into China are impacted by China-RoHS and the company has met the March 1, 2007 deadline for compliance. Products
ordered for sale in China include the appropriate Environmental
Protection Use Period (EPUP) label on the product, hazardous substances
table and recycling mark on packaging according to the applicable regulatory
requirements and standards. Perle will also ensure continuous compliance
with China-RoHS as additional requirements are finalized by the Chinese
regulators.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
The European Union Directive 2002/96/EC, that came in to effect August
13, 2005, encourages the design and production of electronic and electrical
equipment that takes into account the reuse and recycling of WEEE.
Perle Systems fully complies with the WEEE directive.
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