E-Stewards Electronics Recycling Certification

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The Basel Action Network and the Electronics TakeBack Coalition launched the new e-Stewards partnership in November 2008 with 32 electronics recyclers in the United States and Canada that have agreed to refrain from some of the most unhealthy and polluting e-waste practices currently in effect.

The e-Stewards pledge, which is available online, is an independently audited certification that forbids the incinerating or sending to landfill of electronic waste; forbids exporting of e-waste to developing countries; requires recyclers to agree to keep from sending their e-waste to prisons or other forced labor programs for processing; to keeping private data on soon-to-be-recycled computers safe; and to keep accurate environmental data across the supply chain and for demanufacturing facilities.

The new standards set the bar very high for electronics recyclers, but the groups behind the e-Stewards partnership say it's a much-needed step forward.

"Unfortunately today, most of those companies calling themselves electronics recyclers are scammers," said Sarah Westervelt, e-Stewards project coordinator at the Basel Action Network. "They simply load up containers of old computers and ship them off to China or Africa. By choosing an e-Steward recycler, consumers and large businesses are assured that their old computers and TVs will be safely managed and not simply tossed into a local landfill, processed unsafely by prison laborers, or exported to developing countries."

Web Site:http://www.ban.org/pledge1.html

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