Just under 20 member businesses passed e-Stewards surprise inspections and secret GPS tracker tests in the past two years. | Chaylek/Shutterstock
In 2021 and 2022, 18 e-Stewards-certified processors passed surprise inspections and secret GPS tracker tests, the certification program announced. Continue Reading
Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where U.S. e-scrap companies send a lot of their e-plastics. Several insiders recently shared their thoughts on how the industry will approach e-plastics export violations. | Nicola Pulham/Shutterstock
Chris Kaasmann sees a parallel between the e-scrap industry’s requirement to start managing e-plastics differently and the need for the planet to switch to renewable energy. Both need to happen, but in neither case can you simply flip a switch to realize universal change. Continue Reading
After hearing feedback from companies that current certification requirements are challenging to achieve for more niche markets, e-Stewards is designing more targeted standards. | Yuri Photolife/Shutterstock
ITAD companies will soon have a certification option that’s more tailored to their daily operations. Continue Reading
Thus far, 16 companies have participated in the ADVANCE+ program, hiring a total of over 150 people with disabilities. | David Gyung/Shutterstock
Global Ewaste Solutions hired four people with disabilities after the company completed a workforce inclusion program from e-Stewards.
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Corey Dehmey, executive director of SERI, hopes the programs will make it easier for facilities to achieve R2 certification and find more R2-certified partners. | Cienpies Design/Shutterstock
The group behind the R2 standard is planning programs, including a mentoring initiative, to help smaller companies move toward certification and build a more equitable recycling network.
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A representative from SERI, the body that maintains the R2 standard, estimates that 82 facilities are still certified to the old R2:2013 standard. | Tashatuvango/Shutterstock
With the date to transition to the R2v3 certification standard one week away, stakeholders estimate dozens of electronics recycling and reuse facilities may temporarily lose their R2 certifications. The lapse could mean serious business consequences for companies. Continue Reading
The recently launched certification standard, SCS-103A, sets thresholds, ranging from 5% to 50%, for recycled content in various categories of products. | DC Studio/Shutterstock
Environmental and sustainability certifier SCS Global Services launched a recycled-content certification for the electrical and electronic equipment industries that verifies the total percentage of recycled materials in products. Continue Reading
SERI will be accepting comments on the draft of its photovoltaic module standards through June 12. | Perthsnap/Shutterstock
With solar panels and alternative energy growing more popular, e-scrap recycling organizations are preparing to handle more of the units at their end of life. Continue Reading
The Council of the District of Columbia voted unanimously in December to allow OEMs participating in the eCYCLE Program to contract with R2-certified facilities. | JHVE Photo/Shutterstock
The extended producer responsibility program in the nation’s capital will once again allow for the use of R2-certified electronics recycling companies.
The president of eGreen IT Solutions, Karin Harris, argues that her company should have been alerted after BAN determined it sent a printer to an unapproved immediate downstream processor. | KG Design/Shutterstock
Arizona-based eGreen IT Solutions was stripped of its e-Stewards certification after GPS trackers showed overseas printer shipments. The company says it did not “knowingly” break rules. Continue Reading