ENVIRON

ENVIRON is a leading international environmental and life sciences consultancy with 1,300 staff in 68 offices across 15 countries.  Business turnover in 2007 was US $200,000,000.  Further details about ENVIRON can be found at www.environcorp.com.

The BOMcheck service is delivered by ENVIRON’s EcoDesign Practice which has extensive experience in delivering REACH, RoHS, WEEE and EcoDesign services for the electronic equipment industry.   Highlights include:

  • ENVIRON has extensive experience in all aspects of the REACH Directive.  In particular, we have carried out REACH gap analysis and developed REACH compliance action plans for several large electronic equipment manufacturers.  For more information about this service contact Dr Aidan Turnbull on aturnbull@uk.environcorp.com.
  • ENVIRON are the EcoDesign consultant for the leading European trade association COCIR (www.cocir.org) and represent the Medical Device Industry in negotiations with the European Commission on the RoHS Directive.  ENVIRON has written several joint industry statements on proposals for new RoHS substances and possible inclusion of medical devices in RoHS.
  • ENVIRON provided detailed consulting advice to the Irish WEEE Agency (www.WEEERegister.ie) to assist with the practical implementation of the Irish WEEE Regulations for B2B products.
  • ENVIRON also provides dedicated WEEE compliance services for producers of Business-to-Business (B2B) electrical and electronic equipment.
  • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance requirements are different in each EU Member State.  But ENVIRON's web-based compliance management systems (www.b2bweee.com) enable manufacturers and importers of business products to cut through the confusion and have a single system for WEEE collection, recycling and reporting across Europe.
  • The UK WEEE Regulations require importers and manufactures to join an approved WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme for producer registration and compliance data reporting to the Environment Agency.  ENVIRON’s Scheme (www.b2bweee-scheme.com) was the first fully approved Scheme in the UK.

ENVIRON’s EcoDesign practice is led by Dr Aidan Turnbull.  Aidan holds a Doctorate in Physics and Electronics, sponsored by British Telecom through a CASE award. He taught undergraduate electronics at Durham University and Glasgow University. He is also a registered Environmental Auditor with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

Aidan is an internationally recognised expert on EcoDesign and has won consulting awards in the UK and US. Aidan's specialist expertise in EcoDesign in the electronics sector results from a wide range of projects over the past 10 years ranging from international projects with Blue Chip companies, Government departments and agencies, and leading industry trade associations.  Aidan was one of only eight eco-design consultants appointed to a UK Government panel that advises on both compliance and broader eco-design approaches.   Aidan also managed and wrote the UK Government Guidelines on actions that companies should take to prepare for compliance with WEEE and RoHS.  Separate guidelines were produced for CEOs, Marketing Directors and Technical Directors, and Designers.  The guidelines were published by the Government Agency Envirowise in 2003.

For further information, please contact Dr Aidan Turnbull
Head of WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420