Environmental Compliance

WEEE & RoHS

Company statement concerning the EU Directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive) and prohibited substances (RoHS Directive), implemented by German ElektroG.

The extensive technical and legal examination of these regulations had the result that Rittal GmbH & Co. KG does not come under the provisions of the ElektroG.

WEEE Directive
Rittal GmbH & Co. KG is not a manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment in the sense of the ElektroG. Rittal products are sold for further processing, they are part of permanently installed large industrial plants or are part of installations in buildings.

RoHS Directive
Though Rittal GmbH & Co.KG does not come under the provisions of the ElektroG, the company is complying with the requirements of the RoHS Directive.
All Rittal standard products are produced compliant with RoHS.

In addition, Rittal is committing its suppliers to comply with the limitations for hazardous substances for products in the field of electrical and electronic equipment according to § 5 ElektroG.

» RoHS Certificate
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REACH
Registration Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals
What is REACH?

REACH is the abbreviation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (release) and restriction of Chemicals and stands for a new law on chemicals within the EU.

The core aspects are as follows:

• Clear regulation of the registration and approval of "chemicals" All "substances" (chemicals) manufactured / imported in quantities of one tonne per year or more must be registered by the manufacturers / importers. The substances must be exclusively registered with the European Chemicals Agency (EchA).
• Reversal of the burden of proof to the manufacturer of "chemicals" The manufacturer must "actively" inform its customers about the use of "questionable substances“ within the meaning of REACH, and/or offer alternatives.
  This means that Rittal must also be "actively" informed by its suppliers and Rittal must "actively" inform its customers afterwards.
• No data - no market (no registration – no marketing)

Self-disclosure under the Ozone Regulation

Rittal's climate control products meet the Ozone Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009.
The refrigerants used by us are CFC-free HFC refrigerants. They do not contain any chlorine, and have an ozone depletion potential (ODP) of zero.
In particular, Rittal uses the following refrigerants:

• R134a
• R407c
• R410a

• Enclosure cooling units (R134a)
• Climate control doors, enclosures and side panels (R134a)
• Recooling systems (R134a, R407c or R410a)