The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI) board of directors has approved the association’s new Electronics Recycling Operating Practices.
ISRI’s Electronics Recycling Council has worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other stakeholders to develop the document, which outlines the best practices for the electronics recycling industry.
According to ISRI, its voluntary electronic recycling practices can be used by companies that would like to ensure that obsolete electronics and their constituent materials are recycled "in compliance with all applicable environmental, health and safety regulations and in a manner that protects the global environment and the health and safety of workers in the United States and other countries."
ISRI President Robin Wiener says, "ISRI’s months-long effort seeks to balance the vital need to protect the environment and the health and safety of workers in the U.S. and in other countries and to encourage investment in the e-recycling marketplace."
ISRI’s Electronics Council designed the best practices to be incorporated by reference into the association’s Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS). ISRI has spent nearly three years developing its operating standard, which integrates industry-specific standards into a comprehensive quality and health and safety environmental management system.
The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) has agreed to develop and administer an accreditation system for RIOS certifiers.
Metech Adds Processing Line
Electronics recycler Metech International has added a new processing line at its Worcester, Mass., facility to provide additional processing capability and capacity.
According to a press release from Metech, the line will help it better serve its customers by providing high volume product destruction and material recovery services. The new line, which cost more than $1.25 million, is designed to shred and process end-of-life electronics into basic metallic and nonmetallic constituents.
"The installation of this processing line reinforces our commitment to the responsible handling of electronic materials," Metech President Sam Advani says in a press release. "This line supports our guarantee to customers of environmentally correct and secure product destruction and the efficient and economical recovery of the contained materials," he adds.
Metech also recently announced the renewal of its ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certifications. Also, the company has renewed its International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) Certified Electronics Recycler certifications at its Worcester and Gilroy, Calif., facilities.
Metech, a recycler of electronic industrial manufacturing scrap, obsolete inventory, end-of-life electronics and non-conforming materials, is based in Worcester. Through its Accountable Resource Management program, the company manages the reuse, recycling or disposition of electronic materials while safeguarding the intellectual property of its customers.
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