As information comes to light about widespread landfilling of CRT glass in California, electronics recycling standards R2 and e-Stewards are working to determine their next steps.
Leaders of R2 have hired an attorney to figure out whether California law is forcing firms to defy the standard's CRT glass recycling requirements.
When investigators reported last year on how new PCs were failing to meet their stated sustainability credentials, a reoccurring problem emerged: e-plastics weren't being labeled correctly.
That's one takeaway from a series of Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) 
A Virginia-based processor has run into CRT glass management challenges in the wake of the collapse of Closed Loop Refining and Recovery.
The company, eWaste Tech Systems, was founded in 2012 and sent CRT glass to the Columbus, Ohio headquarters of Closed Loop until last year.
As the e-Stewards electronics recycling standard goes through a series of updates, auditors must complete trainings on the new requirements.
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An update to the e-scrap recycling certification standard incorporates the latest version of the ISO 14001 standard, as well as approved amendments to the second e-Stewards iteration and other changes.
The release of the e-Stewards Standard Version 3.0 comes after a four-week public consultation process in February.
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A Minnesota company is distancing itself from the wider metals recycling market to focus squarely on end-of-life electronics processing.
Integrated Recycling Technologies (IRT) this week announced it is moving into a 42,000-square-foot facility in the city of Waite Park, Minn.
When an electronics recycling facility achieves R2 certification, stipulations of the standard extend to activities outside the walls of that building, according to a recent decision.
That determination was approved by the board of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the nonprofit organization that administ
E-scrap facilities with R2 certification will face stricter audits beginning this year as auditors shift their focus to outcome rather than policy.
Certification to the R2 standard indicates a facility has met certain environmental and worker health and safety standards.
Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI) administers the standard and provides auditor tr