Our commitment to the environment

Being responsible for our environment should be the focus of every company in today's fragile global society. That is why we have taken the initiative to make all of our USB Flash Drives eco-friendly as of November 2007. Eco friendly Flash Drives are better for the environment because the materials used, such as lead-free solders, do not harm the environment like their traditional counterparts. Advances in technology and materials have allowed us to produce eco-friendly drives with the same high quality and aggressive price points you expect. But that was not enough. We continued our mission to produce only environmentally safe products and made sure that our packaging met the eco-friendly standards that we set. You get high quality Flash Drives and packaging that are eco-friendly!

The following are the eco-friendly components of our products:
•USB Flash Drives are made with RoHS compliant components: PCB board, solder, memory chip, and electronic components.
•Housing or casing including those made of plastic, aluminum, steel, leatherettes, and silicone
•Ink used to print the logos
•Paper insert cards standard with all models

What is RoHS? It is "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". So what are the restricted toxic materials that make our drives eco-friendly?
• Lead
• Mercury
• Cadium
• Hexavalent chromium
• Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

Why is restricting the use of these materials in USB Flash Drives good for the environment? In general, these toxins have been identified as the most common and harmful toxins in electronic components. They contaminate water supplies when they decompose and could pose a threat to customers who handle the product in unintended uses. One of the biggest material offenders to the environment in electronics, and especially flash drives, is solder. Solder is the metal that electrically and mechanically attaches all the components to the circuit board in every electronic product. Traditionally, solder paste for mass production was a combination of Tin and Lead (63 Sn- 37 Pb eutectic). The use of lead-free solders in eco friendly USB Flash Drives allows the drives to be disposed of without contaminating water with toxic lead. It has also provided immediate health benefits to our factory workers and manufacturing operations. Our eco-friendly USB Flash Drives follow the guidelines of the EU RoHS Directive. The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. The RoHS Directive is not required by the United States but we have taken it upon themselves to enforce the environmentally friendly standard for all of our USB Flash Drives.