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Basel Action Network

Type: Organization

Name: Basel Action Network

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Canadian recycler charged over export violations

Canada: Three Canadian companies, including Electronics Recycling Canada, are under investigation for the unlawful export of electronic waste, reports 'The Vancouver Sun'. The alleged actions would constitute a violation of the Basel Convention, which ... [Published Recycling International - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Recycling, Basel Action Network, Canada, Vancouver

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

China: Electronic Wastebasket of the World?

As the world’s largest producer of electronic products, China also plays a key role in the recycling and disposal of e-waste. From old computer parts to refrigerators, a large share of the world’s old electronics end up in China for disposal, according ... [Published China Digital Times - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: China, Recycling, Ivan Watson

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

US International Trade Commission

Multiple Studies Show Used Electronics Exports To Third World Mostly Good

Entities: Nigeria, Basel Action Network, Recycling, US International Trade Commission

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

5/23/2013-Seattle signs up for E-Stewards electronic recycling

Program will help prevent environmental and health hazards in Third World nationsSEATTLE — The City of Seattle has joined a growing group of public agencies and private companies that have become E-Stewards Enterprises, guaranteeing that electronic waste ... [Published Seattle.gov - May 24 2013]

Entities: Seattle, Recycling, Basel Action Network

Quotes

...consumer to the data center," said Ezra Benjamin, principal program manager, sustainability, with storage hardware and virtualization company EMC. "While the number of consumer devices is increasing, they are also getting smaller in size. Meanwhile, data centers are being upgraded and expanded, potentially creating a large amount of future e-waste. Data center managers need a plan for what to do with their old systems. It's important that their plans take into account the social, environmental, security and reputational risks associated with old equipment." Enter the Green Grid, the trade association taking steps to address that oversight through Solving the e-waste Problem (StEP), a new alliance with a...

The Green Grid's next target: Data center e-waste [Published GreenBiz - Jun 11 2013]

retroworks writes "Bloomberg News reporter Adam Minter writes in today's Opinion section that several studies show that there's nothing really remarkable or scandalous about exports of used equipment to developing nations. 'Some is recycled; some is repaired and refurbished for reuse; and some is thrown into landfills or incinerators. Almost none of it, however, is "dumped" overseas.' Minter begins with the most recent study (PDF), released by the U S International Trade Commission in March 2013. Several other studies from Peru, Nigeria, Ghana and China show there was never an incentive for overseas buyers to pay money to import junk, and that most of the junk filmed by activists in the dumps in those nations was used for years (Nigeria has had TV since the 1970s). 'A 2011 study by the United Nations Environment Program determined that only 9 percent of the used electronics imported by Nigeria a country that is regularly depicted as a dumping ground for foreign e-waste didn't work or were unrepairable, and thus bound for a recycler or a dump. The other 91 percent were reusable and bound for consumers who couldn't afford new products.' The one data source Bloomberg cannot find is a data point for the widely reported 'statistic' that 80-90% of used electronics imported by Africans are burned or dumped. In the comment section, two advocates for legislation banning the exports object to the survey methodology of one of the studies. But the source of the original statistic, reported by Greenpeace and Basel Action Network in their fundraising campaigns, remains a mystery."

Multiple Studies Show Used Electronics Exports To Third World Mostly Good [Published Slashdot - May 28 2013]

...Most electronic devices contain a variety of materials, including metals, that can be recovered for future uses, also called "above the ground mining. Last, it is now illegal in most states to dump e-waste into landfills , leaving recycling as the only option. [pagebreak]"

Leave no e-trace [Published Sustainable Industries - May 23 2013]

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ECOvanta Achieves e-Stewards Certification for ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 18 2013]
LifeSpan Achieves e-Stewards® Certification at ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 05 2013]