A Government-Backed fact-finding mission to China has found significant confusion and ignorance among electronics suppliers over the requirements of EU legislation restricting the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. The study was part of the Department of Trade and Industry's series of short "global watch missions". Its aim was to uncover the quality of eco-design and environmental management in the electronics sectors of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In particular, the mission led by the Surrey-based Centre for Sustainable Design probed the level of awareness of pending EU legislation including the sister Directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment and on the restriction of hazardous substances used in such equipment.
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