Consumer Electronics Initiative
by electronicsrecyclingdirectory.com on 04/18/2011 - 09:58 am |
Tags: Industry News and Views
On April 13, the Consumer Electronics Association announced the "eCycling Leadership Initiative ... to recycle one billion pounds of electronics annually by 2016, which would be a more than threefold increase over 2010 (click here to see the News Release). This initiative is "a collaboration among consumer electronics manufacturers, retailers, collectors, recyclers, non-governmental organizations and governments at all levels ... (including) Best Buy, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba" and others. It also "supports the voluntary implementation of ... recycler certification systems so that the billion pounds is recycled in third-party certified facilities."
R2 Solutions, the housing body for the Responsible Recycling (R2) standard, released a statement in support of the announcement, "welcoming the CEA's support of both the R2 and e-Stewards certifications". However, the Basel Action Network and the Electronics TakeBack Coalition issued statements critical of the initiative because it failed to exclusively endorse the e-Stewards certification program and its ban on "exporting e-waste to developing countries".
So, what do you think? Is this a good industry intiative for electronics recycling - or is it flawed?
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Consumer Electronics Initiative
It astounds me that anyone—much less alleged guardians of responsible recycling standards—could object to a group of major players setting an aggressive recycling target. Do BAN and the TakeBack Coalition feel they have the sole right to set recycling goals? The term “Dog in the manger” comes to mind.
Graham T.
Nice article and interesting that there was no endorsement of the e-stewards.
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