A Midwest electronics recycling executive lied to clients to generate large sums of money and used company funds for gambling and other personal expenses, according to court documents.
Brian Brundage, former owner of Intercon Solutions and current owner of EnviroGreen Processing, both based in the Chicago area
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International has started compiling and publicly posting lists of e-scrap companies with suspended, revoked, expired or reinstated R2 certifications.
The e-Stewards standard and certification program announced details today on a plan to regularly use GPS tracking devices as an enforcement and verification tool.
The majority of certified e-scrap processing facilities are located in the U.S., but for both R2 and e-Stewards, there has recently been a notable uptick in international action.
Accredited certification bodies use international standards and, increasingly, industry-specific additional performance requirements to audit product and service companies' processes to determine conformance and award certification.
An upcoming update to the RIOS certification will include stronger health and safety requirements and a greater focus on the global recycling industry.
Even though we can't see the "cloud" in cloud computing, we can see the environmental effects, according to one blogger.
Side effects from the cloud: A post on the 
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