The predecessor of the accredited certification program is the Electronic Recyclers’ Pledge of True Stewardship, also called the e-Stewards Pledge program. BAN qualified the Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers via a ‘desk and documentation audit’ by tracking the toxic materials to final disposition. Pledged e-Stewards recyclers meet the same core requirements of keeping toxic e-waste out of developing countries, prisons, landfills and incinerators.
The Pledge program closed its doors on October 15th, 2009 to new applicants and is now transitioning to a complete close. Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers must become certified by August 31, 2011 to remain in the e-Stewards program. This transition period is provided to allow Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers a reasonable period of time to set up an ISO 14001 environmental management system in conformity with the new e-Stewards Standard for the Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Waste®. They must also be independently audited by an accredited e-Stewards certification body. In addition, multi-site companies that are seeking e-Stewards certification are allowed an 18-month period after the completion of the certification of their first site/facility in order to the complete certification of all remaining company sites.
Therefore, until the end of the Pledge transition period the listings of e-Stewards Recyclers will necessarily distinguish between Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers, Certified e-Stewards Recyclers and those multi-site companies which have some, but not all, sites certified to the e-Stewards Standard.
e-Stewards Pledge program: the predecessor
The predecessor of the accredited certification program is the Electronic Recyclers’ Pledge of True Stewardship, also called the e-Stewards Pledge program. BAN qualified the Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers via a ‘desk and documentation audit’ by tracking the toxic materials to final disposition. Pledged e-Stewards recyclers meet the same core requirements of keeping toxic e-waste out of developing countries, prisons, landfills and incinerators.
The Pledge program closed its doors on October 15th, 2009 to new applicants and is now transitioning to a complete close. Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers must become certified by August 31, 2011 to remain in the e-Stewards program. This transition period is provided to allow Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers a reasonable period of time to set up an ISO 14001 environmental management system in conformity with the new e-Stewards Standard for the Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Waste®. They must also be independently audited by an accredited e-Stewards certification body. In addition, multi-site companies that are seeking e-Stewards certification are allowed an 18-month period after the completion of the certification of their first site/facility in order to the complete certification of all remaining company sites.
Therefore, until the end of the Pledge transition period the listings of e-Stewards Recyclers will necessarily distinguish between Pledged e-Stewards Recyclers, Certified e-Stewards Recyclers and those multi-site companies which have some, but not all, sites certified to the e-Stewards Standard.