Previous columns have addressed some of the topics that provide a foundation for understanding the scope and complexity of the worldwide movement to achieve hazardous-substance free (HSF) products and production processes. This month, let’s take a look at how people have been behaving and why they’re acting the way they are in response to the new accountabilities originally imposed by the European Union’s (EU) WEEE and RoHS directives. Depending on your role and responsibilities in your work and life, you may be seeing quite a range of differing behaviors. Generally speaking, a demand placed upon any one of us creates tension. A basic principle in nature is that tension seeks resolution. Tension drives us to take action to gain relief. In our day-to-day lives some examples of tension triggers are:

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