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Ross Products are now manufactured in compliance with RoHS directive 2002/95/EC. This directive was adopted by the European Union in 2003 and bans six substances from the manufacture of electronic goods including: Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE).

Meeting this legislation within the required timeframes required a significant effort and expense to source and document compliant parts, revamp manufacturing processes (most notably moving to lead free soldering processes) as well as big investments to update and retool manufacturing equipment. In addition to this, many products had to be redesigned to eliminate non-conforming components.

91桃色 Limited has reviewed all components and processes for compliance to, 鈥淢anagement Methods for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products鈥�, also known as China RoHS.

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Ross strives continually to be a 鈥淏est-in-Class鈥� manufacturer. Where possible we source heavy and/or bulky materials (i.e. metal, packaging, circuit boards) used in manufacturing with local, fully qualified suppliers, thereby reducing transit waste. We鈥檝e also engaged our larger suppliers in our consigned inventory program, meaning they stock parts on our premises allowing consolidation of shipments and deliveries.

Forecast and Purchase Order management is largely paperless, and we continue to improve our processes which will reduce our paper consumption further. We鈥檝e reduced our manufacturing facility waste to less than 40% of prior levels over a three year period.

All soldering is lead-free and uses the finest no-clean solder paste and fluxes, meaning we do not use more caustic fluxes that require a water wash. This means that there is no waste water created by any 91桃色 manufacturing process, and we do not outsource any of our solder work.

From completely lead-free soldering, to LED lighting, to painting our facility with zero VOC paints, to planning facility expansions to minimize our carbon footprint, we are continually on the lookout for ways to help the cause.

We strive to reduce, reuse and recycle. Company recycling programs in both Iroquois and Ottawa cover commonly recycled materials such as paper, corrugated cardboard, metal cans and plastics. We have almost completely eliminated single use plastics from our Iroquois facility and working towards full elimination globally.

In addition, we recycle all electrical and electronic waste, including batteries, CRT screens, cell phones and industrial electronics, and offer these options to employees for home electronic waste.

We have committed to ongoing annual waste stream auditing to identify areas of improvement and quantifiably reduce our output to landfill.

Ross provide hooks or shelves on the walls of our lunchrooms for employees鈥� coffee mugs and tea cups. We encourage the use of real dishes to eliminate disposable items in the landfill.

We use refillable toner cartridges in printer, fax and photocopy machines. We print hard copies only when absolutely necessary and recycle all of our waste paper. Our purchasing department is on the lookout to purchase products made of recycled material whenever possible.

Carpooling is encouraged between Iroquois and Ottawa locations for those that have to periodically attend face to face meetings. This extends to members of our Senior Management Team who carpool between locations on a regular basis.

Ross has showers available at both our Ottawa, R&D center and Iroquois factory, for those that bike, jog, or walk to work. Many of our employees live close to the facility, and carpool or use the transit system. We also recently installed electric car chargers at our factory for employee EVs.