Electronic Product Design

The parts distributors are indeed working to respond to the mandates, so that their customers can sell product. The manufacturers of consumer electronic goods, on the other hand, may adopt whichever technology will make a product last a few days beyond the warranty period. Profit is the only motivator, there is no social responsibility, only the drive for the best monthly bottom line. It may happen that a product uses less power, or uses less polluting materials, but the reality is that poor quality products will become trash more quickly than better products that last longer. So the problem is that many refuse to acknowledge that the rapid creation of waste product is actually pollution, and in fact, it is the worst form of pollution. So that is what we have: an entire industry composed of primarily those who have no concern about product durability, being pushed around by lawmakers who come up with new regulations based on emotion, with no thought as to the longer-term effects of each rule that they create.