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Environmental Information

Lexar Media is committed to addressing growing environment concerns regarding electronic products. We are working diligently to design, develop, and market products that reduce environmental impact and ensure materials used in our processes do not pose a potential hazard to our employees, customers, or the environment. We strive for this through the entire life cycle of our products.

In addition to testing our products for regulatory compliance, we also meet the requirements of prominent globally recognized standards such as RoHS and WEEE. Here, we minimize the use of hazardous materials as well as offer our customers ways to properly dispose of and recycle products.

The legislative environment is continuing to change, expand, and evolve. Rather than ignore it or see it as an added burden, we embrace it as part of our responsibility of being good corporate citizens. We have offered lead-free products and RoHS compliant products for several years and in 2008, we began to offer halogen-free products as well.

As more states and countries pass recycling and hazardous material legislation, we will work to ensure our products meet the ongoing requirements.

RoHS/WEEE Compliance Statement

RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC)

The Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2002/95/EC (also known as the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive or RoHS) was adopted by the European Union in February 2003, and took effect in July 2006. The RoHS directive restricts the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture of various types of electronic and electrical equipment. It affects manufacturers, sellers, distributors and recyclers of electrical and electronic equipment containing lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chrome, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE). After July 1, 2006, the use of these materials was banned in new products sold in Europe. Additionally, the use of decaBDE (decabromodiphenil ether), was banned on July 1, 2008.

All Lexar Media products and their packaging materials sold and/or imported into the European Union are fully compliant.*

* We recognize that certain industries have received exemptions from the RoHS directives. These products have always been 5/6 RoHS compliant, meaning they contain Pb solder, but otherwise comply with RoHS regulations (they meet five of six stipulations). If you are a EU customer and have a RoHS exemption and prefer leaded (as opposed to lead free) product please contact your Sales Representative.

The RoHS legislation, and some applicable FAQs can be found here:

http://www.rohs.eu/english/legislation/rohs-legislation.html

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf

WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC)

The RoHS directive is closely linked with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) 2002/96/EC, which defines collection, recycling and recovery targets for electrical goods and is part of a legislative initiative to address the problem of toxic e-waste.WEEE applies to companies that manufacture, sell, distribute, recycle, or treat electrical and electronic equipment and to consumers in the EU. It covers all large and small household appliances, IT equipment, radio and audio equipment, electrical tools and telecommunications equipment.

Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) contains materials, components and substances which can be dangerous to the environment and harmful to human health if waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is not disposed of correctly. Products labeled with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin as shown below are electrical and electronic equipment. The crossed-out wheeled bin denotes that waste electrical and electronic equipment must not be disposed of with the remainder of unseparated household waste, but should instead be collected separately.

Depending on your location, Waste electrical and electronic equipment can be delivered free of charge by any person to recycling stations or to other collection sites or it may be collected directly from the households. For more detailed information, please refer to the contacts listed below.

As a consumer, you are not allowed to dispose of waste electrical and electronic equipment together with your household waste. You should instead use the designated collection points, equipment collection schemes or you can simply return your product directly to the producer or retailer where you originally purchased your equipment. In this way, the environmental impact associated with disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment is reduced and there will be more opportunity for reusing, recycling and recovering waste electrical and electronic equipment.

The directive aims to reduce the waste produced by disposing of electrical and electronic equipment. Lexar Media is dedicated to minimizing the impact our products have on the environment. Lexar Media customers can return products to us for recycling or can bring their equipment back to where they purchased it when they buy a replacement or upgrade. The WEEE legislation and some applicable FAQs can be found here:

http://www.rohs.eu/english/legislation/rohs-legislation.html

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/faq_weee.pdf

Although they are similar in nature, WEEE requirements and collection schemes vary from country to country.

As more states and countries both within and outside of the EU pass recycling legislation, Lexar Media will continue offer take-back schemes in these countries.

Here are all the schemes we are currently registered with. Included is the identification of the scheme, their address and contact information, website info and instructions on how consumers can recycle their products.

While Lexar Media believes in the objectives and aims of waste electronic legislation, there are some practicalities that prevent our company from fulfilling the same obligations in every country. For instance, in some countries we are unable to register and join a producer responsibility scheme due to the way in which a particular country has enacted their own WEEE legislation. In these situations Lexar Media is continuing to monitor and work with the regulatory authorities in these countries to ensure that our products are properly recycled and disposed. If your country is listed below, please note that you can, and should, still recycle your products by going to your local container park or collection point. You may also return your product free of charge to any retailer that sells memory products when you purchase your new equipment.

Lexar Media products are not available via website sales in the following countries. Please go to your local electronics shop in order to purchase our products.

China RoHS Directive

In February 2006, China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) outlined the long-awaited "Management Methods for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products Regulation" (China RoHS) This directive provides a broad regulatory framework for substance restrictions, pre-market certifications, labeling and information disclosure requirements affecting the comprehensive range of products and parts defined as "electronic information products". The extremely broad scope of products captured under that definition highlights the potential that the entire IT industry will be directly affected by "China RoHS" compliance obligations. China RoHS, began on March 1, 2007.

All Lexar Media products are currently China RoHS compliant. On products that are to be marketed in China, the EPUP symbol (shown below) will be present on the product or its packaging.

A China RoHS Certificate can be found here:

China RoHS Certificate

An English translation of the China RoHS legislation, can be found here:

http://www.aeanet.org/GovernmentAffairs/gabl_ChinaRoHSpage0905.asp