E-Waste
Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications
The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee is expected next week to endorse a proposal that would strengthen EU rules on e-waste, European ...
Panasonic Using SAP Recycling Software
Electronics giant Panasonic is using SAP's Recycling Administration software to aid compliance with product end-of-life regulations.
Panasonic uses the SAP product to classify recyclable materials by type, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Cadmium Jewelry Standard, WEEE, IEEE SmartGrid Portal
The U.S. jewelry industry, still reeling from revelations that children's products contained dangerous amounts of cadmium, is pushing back against strict limits passed by many states, ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: RoHS Lead Exemption, WEEE Compromise, LEED Platinum Luxury
The European Union on Monday added a new exemption for lead to the RoHS directive on toxic substances in electronic goods, ENDS Europe reported. ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: GHS Tools, 10,000th LEED, RoHS 2
3E Company has release a suite of new software and online data management tools to help companies comply with the Occupational Safety and Health ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: REACH Additions, GRI's G4, e-Waste Pledge Sunsets
The European Chemicals Agency has proposed to add 20 chemicals to its list of "substances of very high concern" (SVHC) list, as defined by ...
Environmental Regulations Shaping Today’s Sustainable Supply Chains
Join Environmental Leader for a webinar on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 8am PDT/11am EDT, discussing environmental regulations shaping today's sustainable ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: WEEE, Biodiesel, RoHS, Coal and Coke
The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance and member companies in three states on Monday announced that the for the first time retail locations will post sustainability grades for biodiesel, ...
Urban Mining: The New Frontier
In six short years, I’ve watched as the products coming into our electronics recycling business have grown to include not just computers ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Electric Vehicles, Smart Energy, Green Grade Homes
The American National Standards Institute submitted to the Department of Energy a report (pdf) outlining priority areas where standards and conformance activities ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: UN Insurance Principles, WEEE, Tesco Fuel
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative held its fourth of seven meetings last week in Auckland in an effort to develop sustainability ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Vehicle Disposal, E-Waste Strategy, Utility Calculating EPA Costs
The Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association is calling for an industry-led environmental management system for recycling and disposing of old vehicles, the Record ...
Apple Paying Consumers for PCs
Apple has expanded its recycling program with an option that will pay owners of iPhones, iPads, Macs and even PCs a fair market value ...
Best Buy Raises Recycling Across All Categories
Best Buy increased its U.S. recycling of electronics, appliances, cardboard and paper, plastic and metals in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s ...
Dell, Sony, Sprint Vow to Push Recycling; Feds Unveil E-Waste Strategy
Dell, Sprint and Sony have agreed to help the Environmental Protection Agency encourage certified electronics recycling, as the Obama administration unveiled a national ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Safety Kleen, Facility Management, Dyno Nobel
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop global facility management standards if a British Standards Institution's proposal (pdf) is adopted. ...
Supervalu Makes a Profit From Trash
Supervalu, the owner of Albertsons, Acme and other supermarket brands, saw its recycling revenues exceed landfill waste expenses for the first time in fiscal ...
E-Recycler Intercon Accused of China Shipments, Takes Legal Action
Intercon Solutions, an e-waste handler, took legal action yesterday after a certification program accused the company of shipping hazardous waste to China.
Watchdog group ...
E-Waste Rules Take Effect in N.C., S.C.
E-waste laws have come into effect in both North and South Carolina, requiring manufacturers to offer recycling for electronics, and barring computers and televisions ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Oil Reserve, Efficiency, EPA Bills
Obama administration officials announced yesterday that they will tap into the country’s strategic oil reserve to replace losses from the conflict in Libya and ...
