Low unemployment rates are making it hard for recycling companies to find and keep reliable employees for entry-level jobs. | tadamichi/Shutterstock
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An initiative launched by e-Stewards will give 10 certified processors the training and support they need to successfully employ a workforce of developmentally disabled adults.
The e-Stewards certification standard update, titled V4.0, is slated for a Feb. 25 release. | Tashatuvango/Shutterstock
The e-Stewards e-scrap certification body is gearing up to release an update, and it’s providing certain perks to draw in operators that have not been certified to the standard previously.
Ingram Micro committed to having all of its processing facilities achieve e-Stewards certification within three years. | POP-THAILAND/Shutterstock
A nationwide electronics stewardship group has agreed to make its best effort to only contract with e-Stewards-certified processors. Meanwhile, a global ITAD firm will seek e-Stewards certification for all its facilities.
The e-Stewards certification standard has been working on updated requirements for the past eight months. | YuRi Photolife/Shutterstock
A draft of a new version of the e-Stewards certification standard will be released to certified processors for comment in October. In January, the public will get a look at it.
Makor’s Customer Impact Portal provides a variety of types of information to material generators. | Image courtesy of Makor Solutions
A new offering from Makor Solutions allows organizations shipping used electronics to processors to track the environmental upsides of diverting material from disposal.
The final version of the R2 update is expected to be released later this year. | everything possible/Shutterstock
A tentative timeline has been released for e-scrap processing facilities planning to seek certification to the updated R2 standard.
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International says nearly 500 comments were submitted on the draft update to the R2 certification standard.
Recently released reports detail instances of electronics manufacturers failing to meet recycling and reuse criteria under the EPEAT program last year.
A proposed update to the R2 standard has been crafted with an eye toward emphasizing reuse, boosting data protection requirements and improving device testing and repair, according to Sustainable Electronics Recycling International.
A recently released document from Sustainable Electronics Recycling International lays out corrective actions that will be taken when the organization discovers R2 audits weren’t performed correctly.