Thirteen major companies, all leaders in their industries, have formed the Sustainability Innovators Working Group — aiming to define and develop state-of-the-art approaches for environmental management and corporate sustainability. Esty Environmental Partners (EEP), the organizer of the group and a premier sustainable business consulting firm, and IBM (NYSE: IBM), a participant and supporting partner, announced the launch today. Continue Reading →

In March of 2010, ISRI’s Board of Directors unanimously adopted a forward-looking policy and set of guidelines for the export of electronic scrap. This policy bans the export of electronic equipment and components for land-filling or incinerations for disposal and closely tracks the Responsible Recycling Practices (R2) developed by and supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a broad-based stakeholder group that included states, manufacturers, remanufacturers and recyclers, trade groups and NGOs Continue Reading →

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken what it calls its first step to help electronics recyclers adhere to published export standards when processing and shipping obsolete electronics.

Through the EPA’s new program — called Responsible Recycling Practices Certifications – electronics recyclers would not ship material overseas without the consent of the designated country. Continue Reading →