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[dropcap]The[/dropcap] business of IT asset disposition is now a huge part of the electronics recovery ecosystem.
As corporations, institutions and other organizations outsi
Remote audits have become a more common option in recent months. | shelleygraphy/Shutterstock[/caption]
The coronavirus has forced e-scrap companies to navigate material supply shifts, tackle new safety concerns and confron
The revised standard will replace R2:2013, to which over 950 facilities around the world are currently certified. | Castleski/Shutterstock[/caption]
After thousands of volunteer hours and dozens of meetings over nearly five years, stakeholders working to update the R2 standard
Dutch company Closing the Loop buys scrap phones from local collectors in Africa. | Photo by Closing the Loop, provided courtesy of TCO Development[/caption]
Sustainability certification organization TCO Development launched a program through which purchases of new electronics will fund e-sc
Leaders at both R2 and e-Stewards cited safety concerns for recycling and refurbishing operations as well as the auditors that visit them. | Courtesy R2 Corporation[/caption]
The administrators of e-scrap standards are adjusting auditing and
Certified companies can continue to use the previous Version 3.1 of the standard until it sunsets on Aug.
A draft update to the e-Stewards standard has been released and is open for public comment. | SFIO CRACHO/Shutterstock[/caption]
Recently, e-Stewards offered details on updates to certification criteria and outlined audit results.
SERI will accept public comments on their updated draft via an online form. | TypoArt BS/Shutterstock[/caption]
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International has released a revised draft of the new R2 standard for comment.
The e-Stewards certification standard update, titled V4.0, is slated for a Feb.
Ingram Micro committed to having all of its processing facilities achieve e-Stewards certification within three years. | POP-THAILAND/Shutterstock[/caption]
A nationwide electronics stewardship group has agreed to make its best effort to only contract with e-Stewards-certified proces