SHOULD RECYCLING BE MANDATORY?

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SHOULD RECYCLING BE MANDATORY?
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• According to Electronic Recyclers International
  (ERI), nearly 30 million to 40 million metric
  tons of Electronic waste, also known as E-waste,
  are generated every year in one form or the
  other. Experts attribute this mainly to the
  shrinking lifespan of the electronic devices that
  are used commercially these days in the form of
  smart phones, tablets and notebooks.
• Along with the increase in E-waste, clamor for
  more organized E-waste recycling has been growing
  loud and thick in recent times. Several global
  environmental agencies and green organizations
  have been spearheading green campaigns that aim
  at making E-waste recycling mandatory for
  electronic gadget manufacturers. But some
  manufacturers still ask the question, should
  recycling be mandatory for all electronic gadget
  manufacturers? There are some companies that have
  already started including E-waste recycling in to
  their electronic gadget manufacturing process
  life cycle.

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Electronics Waste Recycling in a Safe and Secure
Manner
As electronic recycling involves re-using
different electronic components that went in to
the making of electronic gadget, electronic
recyclers have the additional responsibility of
preserving personal data that is stored in such
electronic components. Strict control mechanisms
are already in place to guide recyclers when it
comes to preserving customer data.
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Data Destruction Standards

• Personal data destruction is carried out in
  accordance with the National Institute of
  Standards and Technology (NIST) media destruction
  guidelines. The recycling service provider
  determines whether the device has to be
  refurbished or shredded. If the recycling service
  provider determines that the device can be taken
  up for refurbishment, then appropriate software
  is used to delete the personal records stored in
  the device in accordance with the NIST standards
  that talks about the guidelines for media
  sanitization.
• If the recycling service provider decides to
  shred the electronic item, before shredding,
  toxic items that are part of the electronic item
  such as bulbs, mercury and battery are first
  removed. There are shredding machines that have
  the capacity to shred 30,000 pounds of e-waste
  per hour.

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Globally Accepted Electronic Recycling Standards

• Electronic recycling service providers have
  accepted e-stewards as the global standard to be
  followed while providing electronic recycling
  services. e-Stewards standards has separately
  established guidelines and procedures for
  electronic component manufacturers, recycling
  service providers and consumers.

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E-Stewards Guidelines for Recycling Service
Providers

• In order for the electronic recycling service
  provider to be e-Stewards certified, the service
  provider should first set up processes that
  adhere to the ISO 14001 Environment Management
  standards. The different controls specified in
  ISO 14001 include the health safety controls,
  data security controls and social accountability
  controls. Once the electronic recycling service
  provider establishes their processes to be in
  accordance with ISO 14001, the next stage would
  be audits conducted by the e-Stewards certifying
  bodies.
• For recycling to be mandatory, more electronics
  recycling companies will need to be up to speed
  with the guidelines set out for the correct
  disposal of e-waste. Only then can the full
  benefit of universal electronics recycling be
  felt.

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Questions? More Information?

• Website http//www.allgreenrecycling.com
• All Green Recycling
• info_at_allgreenrecycling.com
• [phone] 
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• Source
• http//electronicrecyclers.com/e-waste-solutions
• http//e-stewards.org/learn-more/for-recyclers
• http//csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/
  NISTSP800-88_with-errata.pdf
• http//e-stewards.org/learn-more/for-recyclers/ove
  rview/benefits-of-certification/
• http//www.allgreenrecycling.com/blog/should-recyc
  ling-be-mandatory/