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E-Recycler Intercon Files Defamation Suit Against Group that Claimed Improper Disposal

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

E-waste recycling company Intercon Solutions has filed a defamation suit against watchdog group Basel Action Network and its executive director James Puckett, hitting back at BAN claims of improper disposal. The lawsuit alleges that BAN visited the company’s facility under the guise that it was performing an audit for Intercon’s ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Gold Supply Chain, National Green Building Standard, e-Stewards, ISO 14001

June 28, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The Responsible Jewellery Council and non-profit group Solidaridad have announced collaboration for more transparent and accountable practices throughout the gold supply chain. A key focus will be a Solidaridad pilot project that uses RJC’s Code of Practices and Chain-of-Custody standard as tools for improving practices at industrial gold mines, the ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 14001, e-Stewards, R2, LEED

February 2, 2012June 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

U.K.-based sustainable roofing provider International Construction Bureau (ICB) has earned the accreditations ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, adding to ICB’s ISO 9001, and all three ISO cetifications were awarded to its sister company ICB (Solar) which provides solar PV systems, the company announced. Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables announces that its ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports

November 15, 2011November 15, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council’s meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The new code will be available Spring 2012 and can be viewed here. The EPA and Natural Resources Canada announced an agreement that will create ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule

October 24, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing countries in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters reported. Negotiators will consider whether to approve the design at next month’s U.N. climate summit in Durban, ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: REACH Additions, GRI’s G4, e-Waste Pledge Sunsets

September 1, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The European Chemicals Agency has proposed to add 20 chemicals to its list of “substances of very high concern” (SVHC) list, as defined by Article 57 of the REACH Regulation, Platts reported. Most of the chemicals, which include dichromium trischromate, pentazinc chromate octahydroxide and calcium arsenate, were selected due to their ... Read more »

E-Recycler Intercon Accused of China Shipments, Takes Legal Action

July 7, 2011July 7, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

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 the Basel Action Network announced on Tuesday that the Chicago Heights, Ill., electronics recycler would be the first company denied BAN’s e-Stewards certification, which aims to ... Read more »

BAN Calls for Businesses, Consumers to Use Only Qualified Recyclers

October 26, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

In the wake of a recent investigation by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General that found federal prisons exposing inmates to toxic heavy metals and exporting hazardous wastes to developing countries, the Basel Action Network (BAN) is calling for businesses and consumers to only use e-Stewards qualified recyclers. BAN said ... Read more »

EPA Chief Cites E-Waste as a Top Priority

August 18, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator Lisa Jackson said that the prevention and proper management of e-waste is one of the agency’s top six newly announced global priorities. The other five priorities were reducing carbon emissions, improving air quality, improving water quality, reducing toxics exposures and building stronger institutional frameworks. Her comments ... Read more »

Samsung, Wells Fargo, Capitol One Commit to E-Waste Recycling Initiative

April 16, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Samsung, Wells Fargo and Capitol One, among others, are the first major corporations to commit to the Basel Action Network’s new e-Stewards Initiative to certify that electronics waste is responsibly recycled (PDF). The accredited, third-party audited certification program is centered on the e-Stewards Standard, which calls for recyclers to eliminate ... Read more »

Indonesia Turns Back E-Waste Shipment from MA Recycler

March 2, 2010 by Gina Roos

Basel Action Network (BAN), an environmental watchdog organization, has accused CRT Recycling of illegally shipping cathode ray tube (CRT) computer monitors to Indonesia, reports PC World (via IDG News Service). This latest dispute highlights the growing challenges of regulating electronic waste shipments to developing countries. Peter Kopcych, general manager at ... Read more »

HP Bans E-Waste Exports From Rich Nations to Developing Ones

February 15, 2010 by Gina Roos

HP has updated its global corporate policy on banning exports of non-working electronics to developing countries with new requirements. The policy now states that HP does not permit electronic waste to be exported from developed (member) countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union ... Read more »

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