News + Media

BAN launches e-Stewards Certification and Enterprise programs

• BAN Press Release - Major Corporations Step up for Certified Electronics Recycling, April 15, 2010
• New program makes sure e-waste is recycled right – USA Today, April 15, 2010
• A Program to Certify Electronic Waste Recycling Rivals an Industry-U.S. Plan - NY Times, April 15, 2010
• E-Stewards Launches with Major Corporate, NGO Backing - Greenbiz.com, April 15, 2010

e-Steward News Releases and Communications

• Federal Legislation on e-Waste – October 1, 2010
• Landmark e-Waste Bill Introduced – September 30, 2010
• News Release: Diverse New Advisory Body to Guide Responsible e-Recycling – September 17, 2010
• News Release: EPA Chief cites the e-Waste Problem as one of the US’s 6 Global Environmental Priorities – August 17, 2010
• First Global e-Recycling Program Appoints New Director
• False or Insupportable Statements by GoodPoint Recycling as Published in the December Edition of E-Scrap News (pdf) – December 22, 2009
• News Release: Stop Dumping Techno-Trash on Developing Countries! – June 24, 2009
• News Release: ANAB Announces Accreditation for Ethical e-Stewards Electronics Recycling Certification – June 4, 2009
• Information Bulletin: Malaysia’s Decision to Refuse CRT Glass from the US – April 3, 2009
• BAN’s Response to the ISRI Letter to CBS’s 60 Minutes Program Regarding US e-Waste Exports (pdf) – November 19, 2008
• News Release: E-Stewards: Activists and industry join to certify responsible electronics recyclers – November 10, 2008

e-Stewards in the news

• As e-waste piles up, disposal issues grow – June 22, 2011
• Competing, Confusing Electronics Recycling Certification Programs:  eNewsUSA – March 9, 2010
• Two certification standards aim to curb waste exports: Plastics News, March 5, 2010
• Recycle your computer electronics responsibly: Network World – February 26, 2010
• What and what isn’t responsible electronics recycling: Editorial in Greener Computing  – February 17, 2010
• E-Recycle: Where loads of electronic waste wind up: Seattle Times – October 4, 2009
• Media Mayhem: As seen on TV: Mother Nature Network – January 9, 2009
• E-Waste Not: Time – January 8, 2009
• Watchdogs Hound E-Waste Exports: USA Today – December 29, 2008
• Groups to launch e-waste certification program: IDG – November 10, 2008

Exposes and industry abuse coverage

• Old TVs spark environmental dispute: Boston Globe – March 2, 2010
• EPA looking at Executive Recycling’s export practices: Denver Business Journal – November 21, 2008
• Not in My Backyard: Stopping Illegal Export of Junked Televisions and Computers: November 19, 2008
• Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste: 60 Minutes – November 9, 2008
• Scott Pelley and Crew Get Roughed Up Getting the Story of Toxic “E-waste” Dumps in China: CBS News – November 6, 2008
• The Afterlife of Cellphones: New York Times – January 13, 2008
  High-tech Trash: National Geographic – January 2008

Business and industry news

• HP announces tightened e-waste standards
• State’s e-cycling law takes effect Thursday: Seattle Post-Intelligencer – December 30, 2008
  Oregon, Washington aim to keep high-tech recycling clean: The Oregonian – December 25, 2008
• US Communities Find Better Ways to Recycle Toxic Electronic Waste: Voice of America – December 1, 2008

Publications

All of the publications below are in PDF format. If  you don’t have the Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF viewer you can download Acrobat Reader from Adobe.

• e-Stewards Certification Program Brochure – Printable Tri-Fold Version – (Print on legal sized paper, double sided, and then fold)
• Synopsis of the e-Stewards Certification Standards
• e-Stewards Comparison with Other Standards
• Pledge of True Stewardship