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PA Resources Council Signs On As e-Stewards Enterprise For E-Waste Recycling

The PA Resources Council Tuesday announced as a further committed to the safe, ethical and responsible recycling of electronic waste through recognition by the Basel Action Network as an e-Stewards® Enterprise.

The designation recognizes cities, companies and nonprofits that take concrete measures to eliminate the export of hazardous electronic waste to developing countries by using Certified e-Stewards Recyclers to manage their electronic waste.

The e-Stewards standard protects against e-waste dumping in landfills, processing by prisoners, and the export of hazardous e-waste to developing countries. It also ensures worker protection and strict rules for the security of private data stored in electronics.

“PRC joins companies such as Alcoa, Boeing and Samsung – along with the National Resource Defense Council, numerous municipal governments and other environmental stewards – as a committed partner ensuring we continue to doing everything we can to responsibly manage electronic waste,” said PRC Co-Director Justin Stockdale. "The public can feel confident that their material and data is being safely, ethically and responsibly recycled when dealing with PRC.”

Throughout the past 15 years, PRC “hard-to-recycle” collection events have enabled 23,000+ residents to recycle nearly 2,000,000 pounds of electronics, 8,800 tires, 2,400 Freon-containing appliances along with cell phones, polystyrene, compact fluorescent bulbs, alkaline batteries and other materials not accepted for curbside refuse collection.

“PRC is committed to the highest environmental and social standards related to our electronic waste collection programs by working solely with e-Stewards Certified recyclers,” according to Stockdale. “For the past decade, PRC has worked with a certified e-Steward – eLoop llc, an Export, Pa.-based e-waste recycler – to ensure all materials recycled are managed in the most environmentally and socially responsible manner available.”

The e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment remains North America’s most rigorous standard for electronics recycling.

“The e-Stewards designation recognizes organizations that take concrete measures to properly handle electronic waste, and its rigorous standards evaluate our operations, systems and people from top to bottom to demonstrate conformance to the highest standard for responsibility in the industry,” said Stockdale. “Until recently, the e-Stewards Enterprise model solely recognized corporations and local governments, but PRC is proud to become one of the first nonprofits to receive e-Stewards certification under the recently expanded program.”

For more information on programs, initiatives and special events, visit the PA Resources Council website. Click Here to sign up for regular updates, follow PRC on Twitter or Like them on Facebook. Click Here for PRC’s Events Calendar. Click Here to support their work.

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