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Certification by R2 will maximize safe and efficient recovery of precious metals and other natural resources used in electronics, which can de- crease needed mining of raw materi- als (
www.R2solutions.org).
R2 Certification Certification by R2 means that
the recycler will totally use up the parts of discarded electronics, recy- cling parts wherever possible, and the unusable will be shredded and then smelted to extract raw materi- als that can be re-used. This avoids dumping materials into landfills, and also can reduce the need for mining and extraction of new raw materials. The recycling thereby helps the envi- ronment on two fronts: no landfill needed, and less need for new raw materials.
Sustainability of Spaceship
Earth is the real bottom line here, guided by what is known as the triple bottom line: start with prosperity, then add people and planet. And top- ping this list is maintaining security of sensitive information. Hard disk drives don’t just get wiped, they are sanitized, purged or destroyed per NIST guidelines. If the customer re- quests it, they get shredded, and then melted down. There is no way anyone is going to steal data from the HDD. According to the R2 Standard re
Data Destruction: “An R2:2013 elec- tronics recycler shall be responsible for data destruction of all media it handles using generally-accepted da- ta destruction procedures. Require- ments: (a) An R2:2013 electronics re- cycler shall sanitize, purge, or de- stroy data on hard drives and other data storage devices (the National Institute of Standards and Technolo- gy’s Guidelines for Media Sanitiza- tion — Special Publication 800-88 12 lists categories of devices which need sanitization consideration), unless otherwise requested in writing by the customer. The R2:2013 electronics
March, 2014 End-of-Life Doesn’t Have to
recycler shall adhere to the data san- itization, purging, or destruction practices described in the NIST Guidelines for Media Sanitization: Special Publication 800-88 (rev. 1) or another current generally-accepted standard13, or be certified by a gen- erally-accepted certification pro- gram.”
Among R2’s cheerleaders, Doug
Smith, Director Corporate Environ- ment, Safety and Health, Sony Elec- tronics, Inc. said: “Under R2, the cost for responsible processing of e-waste hasn’t increased. If anything, since the pool of qualified candidates are easier to find, the opportunity for competitive bidding has increased. Additionally, due diligence reviews are more efficient and reliable be- cause they are based on well-organ- ized and documented management systems. A win-win situation: R2 means responsible management at better prices.” R2 Solutions’ goals are:
l Assure open, transparent, and balanced governance of the R2 Standard.
l Educate about responsible recycling practices.
l Promote the use of the R2 Standard.
l Explore opportunities for collabor- ation in furtherance of responsible electronics recycling throughout the world.
The R2 Standard is the result of
work done by a multi-stake holder group that was convened by the EPA in 2008. The group consisted of recy- clers, OEMs, NGOs, Environmental Groups, and other interested stake- holders. John Lingelbach, now the executive director of R2 Solutions, was asked by the EPA to facilitate the group. R2 Solutions became the non-profit “housing organization” for the R2 Standard. It now has more than 500 R2 certified facilities in 14 countries and there are more in the pipeline.
Asset Management A typical R2-certified recycler,
IT Asset Partners (ITAP) specializes in electronic asset management, re- verse logistics, and recycling. The
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