WEEE recycling and RoHS

China

Acme Packet is compliant with China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive. This requires disclosure (not removal) of the 6 EU RoHS substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl and polybrominated diphenyl ether) for those products included in the "List”. There are labeling requirements for the product and disclosure of the substances in the packaging.

Europe

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union issued directive 2002/96/EC concerning the waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). That Directive’s goals are to:

• Reduce the amount of WEEE produced.
• Increase the amount of WEEE that is reused, recycled or recovered.

Along with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, the WEEE Directive became European Union law in February 2004. The goals of the RoHS Directive are to reduce the amounts of hazardous materials in EEE. Acme Packet is compliant with WEEE and RoHS, offering disposal of its equipment that adheres to the EU Directive:

If you purchased your equipment through an Acme Packet Reseller, please contact them directly for recycling instructions.

If you purchased your equipment directly from Acme Packet, please contact us at +1-781-328-4848 or email us. At the time of collection, we will cover the cost of shipping equipment back to our headquarters.