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e-Stewards Electronics Recyclers Celebrate National Disability Day with Launch of New Film
e-Stewards®, the gold standard for ethical electronics recycling, will debut a new short film entitled ADVANCE+ at the ITAD Summit, which begins today in Hollywood, Florida. The film’s launch is timed with the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, America’s National Disability Independence Day (July 26th).
e-Stewards Accepts RIOS Standard in its Electronic Waste Stewardship Certification Program
The e-Stewards® certification program will now accept the RIOS™ (Recycling Industry Operating Standard) as an alternative Environmental Management System (EMS) to the now required ISO 14001 Standard.
MCPc Inc. Achieves e-Stewards Certification: the Gold Standard for Electronic Waste Recycling
MCPc Inc., one of the country’s leading asset management companies providing sustainable technology services, including recycling and refurbishment in their Cleveland, Ohio and Grand Rapids, Michigan facilities, have achieved the coveted e-Stewards Certification.
ecoTech Management becomes Certified to Gold Standard for Electronics Waste Recycling
The electronics waste recycler and information technology asset disposition (ITAD) firm of ecoTech Management, Inc., a division of Crestwood Metal Corporation, with headquarters in Holbrook, New York, has completed its rigorous certification and is now fully registered as an e-Stewards® Certified Processor.
e-Stewards Unannounced Inspection Program Catches e-Waste Processors ‘Doing the Right Thing!’
The e-Stewards® Electronics Recycling Certification program today announced the Certified e-Stewards Processors that have, since the beginning of the year, successfully passed their randomized and wholly unannounced inspections. They also announced those companies from 2019 that successfully had their downstream due-diligence tested, using GPS tracking.
e-Stewards Publishes Latest Version (V4.0) of its Ethical Electronics Reuse and Recycling Standard
Seattle, WA, USA. 26 February 2020. The e-Stewards® Certification Program launched the 4th Version of its Ethical Electronics Recycling and Refurbishment Standard this week. The new, more streamlined version of the Standard has been under development by a special drafting committee since the summer of 2018. In the last few months it underwent two lengthy open stakeholder comment periods which ended a month ago according to schedule.
Wisetek to Extend their e-Stewards Electronics Recycling Certification to UK, Ireland and Thailand
Cork, Ireland. January 28, 2020. Wisetek, a leading global Information technology asset disposition (ITAD), reuse and manufacturing service, and e-Stewards® have reached an agreement to extend their American e-Stewards Certifications to all of Wisetek’s facilities worldwide within two years. The four additional facilities to be added in that time frame will be in Cork, Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Reading, UK; and Amphur Sriracha, Thailand.
Participants in e-Stewards Disability Employment Program Announced
Today, e-Stewards® announced the 2020 class of e-Stewards Certified Recyclers participating in their new ADVANCE+ program. ADVANCE+ is a workforce development program created to employ people with autism and other disabilities. It is being piloted under the expert management of the James Emmett and Company, a consultancy at the forefront of fostering employment for under-employed disabled individuals. The ADVANCE+ program is designed to help e-Stewards solve critical business labor problems while helping their communities solve a critical and growing social issue.
e-Stewards Announces Early Bird Certification Special for New Standard
Today, e-Stewards®, the ethical electronics recycling certification program, announced a one-time new Early Bird Special opportunity for recyclers not yet certified to e-Stewards to become certified to the latest e-Stewards Version 4.0. New recyclers must take advantage of this offer by November 20, 2019, and commit to having their first facility certified to Version 4.0 within 6 months of the Standard release date slated for February 25, 2020.