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E-Scrap News
November 25, 2009
In This Issue:
SNAP CERTIFICATION SURVEY RESULTS
U.S. RESOLUTION CALLS ON CONGRESS TO USE E-STEWARDS FOR E-CYCLING
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ADOPTS PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
CHINA ROHS DRAFT RELEASED
NEWSBITS
1 | Snap certification survey results
E-scrap processors prefer the R2 standard to the Basel Action Network's
e-Steward standard by a margin of nearly
three to one, at least according to the results of a poll conducted by E-Scrap
News. Fifty-percent of companies
surveyed said they planned on pursuing R2 certification only, while just 17
percent said they would pursue
e-Stewards only. Many companies did report they planned to pursue both
certifications ? 27 percent ? with the
remaining six percent split evenly between those who had not yet made up their
minds, and those who had no plans
to pursue either certification.
The 30 companies responding to the survey are generally mid-sized to
large players, including most with a
national presense.
The survey was developed and distributed in the weeks following the
conclusion of the annual E-Scrap
Conference, as a result of the unprecedented level of interest in the topic
among attendees. In addition to
several highly-attended preconference workshops, the final session of the
conference addressed R2 and e-Stewards
specifically, with presentations from Michael Conroy, of Colibri Consulting;
John Lingelbach, of Decisions and
Agreements, LLC; and Sarah Westervelt of the Basel Action Network.
Mr. Lingelbach and Ms. Westervelt were gracious enough to respond in
writing to audience-generated
questions that could not be answered at the conference in the time provided. An
edited version of the answers is
printed in the November issue of E-Scrap News, click here to subscribe.
The complete responses from Ms. Westervelt are available online.
2 | U.S. resolution calls on Congress to use e-Stewards for e-cycling
E-scrap stemming from the U.S. Congress may only be processed by e-Stewards, if
a resolution before the House of
Representatives ends up being signed into law.
U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (D-California) last week introduced
House Resolution 938, which calls
for Congress to "to establish and implement a coordinated program for the
reuse, recycling, and appropriate
disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by
legislative branch offices, using only those
companies certified by accredited e-Stewards certification bodies to be in
conformance with the requirements of
the e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic
Equipment."
The bipartisan measure, co-sponsored by Gene Green (D-Texas), Mary Bono
Mack (R-California) and Brian
Bilbray (R-California), was referred to the House Committee on House
Administration.
"In choosing to work only with certified e-Stewards, Congress is saying
they want to be sure their old
computers and other electronic products don't end up being exported to
developing nations, or sent to prison
recycling shops," Barbara Kyle, National Coordinator of the Electronics
TakeBack Coalition said in a press
release announcing the resolution. "We are very pleased to see Congress lead by
example in solving the problem of
global e-waste dumping."
3 | National League of Cities adopts producer responsibility
Producer responsibility makes another stride forward with a national coalition
of over 19,000 municipalities
calling for extended producer responsibility as a way of managing end-of-life
products and packaging.
The U.S. National League of Cities (NLC) adopted a resolution at its
86th Congress of Cities & Exposition,
calling for producer responsibility for managing discarded products and
packaging. Additionally, the resolution
urges the U.S. Congress "to protect and support the ability of local and state
governments to establish
producer-responsibility legislation."
"The endorsement by the NLC is a huge step forward for the
product-stewardship movement," said
Scott Cassel, PSI's Executive Director. "Product stewardship can save millions
of dollars for local governments
burdened by waste management costs and help them offer more services."
"This resolution supports local government efforts to reduce adverse
health and environmental impacts from
consumer products by promoting responsibility by manufacturers," said Claude
Mattox, councilmember (Phoenix), and
chair of the NLC Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
"Manufacturers, and others along the
product chain, who take the necessary steps to reduce the environmental impact
of their products, such as creating
and financing take-back programs, reducing packaging and designing products to
be less toxic and easier to
recycle, will also assist local governments in their efforts to reduce waste
management costs by reducing the
amount of trash directed to landfills."
4 | China RoHS draft released
Printers and telephones will be the initial products tested for toxic materials
under China's new Restriction of
Hazardous Substances (RoHS) law, according to a draft from the country's
Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology (MIIT).
China's MIIT released the he draft "Key Administrative Catalog for the
Pollution Control of Electronic
Information Products (Batch 1)," which will cover three types of products,
"Mobile Terminal, Telephone (Fixed
Telephone Terminal, Cordless Telephone Terminal) and Printer Connected to
Computer," with more to follow in later
"batches" of the draft catalog.
The law will go into effect 10 months following the government's final
approval of the catalog, with more
details on testing forthcoming from MIIT.
5 | NewsBits
COM2 Recycling announced that it has developed a new method of separating the
front panel of CRTs from the funnel
using diamond cutting, allowing for faster and cleaner CRT processing ...
Redemtech will award $10,000 worth of
refurbished computers as part of its Serious Good contest, with nominations for
your favorite non-profit, NGO or
charitable organization coming in via following the company on Twitter ... Buy
My Tronics, a consumer electronics
buy-back company, recently launched its redesigned Web site, at
www.buymytronics.com ... Motorola, Inc. announced a
take-back recycling program for its U.S. Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS)
customers, including such products as
portable two-way radios, handheld computers and barcode scanners, among other
items. Sims Recycling Solutions will
be processing equipment collected under the program ... Green2LiveClean.com is
offering free e-scrap recycling
services for small businesses under its Pay to Recycle program ... The mobile
communications industry, as
represented by GSM World, issued a "Green Manifesto" detailing how the industry
can become more sustainable moving
forward, including "reducing mobile device life cycle emissions through design
and recycling."
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