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| Welcome to the Basel Action Network – BAN |
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| Electronics Recycling Industry Leaders Call on the Federal Government to Stop Exporting its own E-Waste |
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| 17 March 2011 (Chicago) - Thirty leading electronics recyclers meeting this week in
Chicago called on the federal government to lead by example and ensure that the old computers, printers, phones and other electronics from all federal agencies are not sold or auctioned to brokers that will then simply export the e-waste to developing countries where it is most often dismantled, cracked and burned in substandard, harmful conditions. The meeting drew together
e-Stewards Recyclers that have agreed to become certified to the e-Stewards Standard
(www.e-stewards.org) for responsible recycling.
Read the Media Release - 3-17-11 |
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| EPA ALLOWS SCHEME TO DUMP U.S. FLAGGED SHIP ON SOUTH ASIAN BEACH |
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| “Stonewalls” on releasing internal documents
10 March 2011 (India) - According to the U.S. Maritime Administration, a U.S. flagged tanker named “Prince William Sound,” owned in part by a BP subsidiary, has been given clearance by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be sold, knowing it would be beached on the infamous scrapping beaches at Alang, India. Meanwhile EPA has refused after repeated requests to deliver to BAN any particulars as to why the clearance was given.
Read the Media Release - 3-10-11 |
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| Alcoa Leads the Way in Responsible e-Waste Recycling -- Earns e-Stewards Enterprise Designation |
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7 March 2011 (Seattle, WA) -
The Basel Action Network (BAN) announced today that Alcoa has become an e-Stewards® Enterprise, recognition for the company’s commitment to responsible recycling practices for its electronic waste (e-waste) in North America and advocating the responsible disposal of
e-waste everywhere. The distinction is granted to companies that agree to always make best efforts to use only e-Stewards® Electronics Recyclers.
Read the Media Release - 3-7-11 |
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Environmental Group Re-Files Legal Complaint to Protect
e-Waste Certification Program from Unfair Trademark Competition |
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Phrase “Certified Electronics Recycler” must not be exclusive
23 January 2011 (Seattle, Washington) - The environmental watchdog group Basel Action Network (BAN), known for its work exposing the international dumping of US e-waste on developing countries and creating the e-Stewards® Certification program for responsible e-waste recyclers, has filed an amended complaint in the Federal District Court of Western Washington in Seattle. The complaint asserts that the use of the trademark “certified electronics recycler” is inappropriate and harms BAN and the recyclers in the e-Stewards® Certification program.
Read the Media Release - 1-23-11
Amended complaint and supporting documents filed with the court on January 13, 2011
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Marketplace: Our e-waste comes back to haunt us -- Website -- New!
Following in BAN's footsteps in Nigeria -- E-waste Dumping (featuring BAN)
Shipbreaking in India -- The Case of the Blue Lady (featuring BAN)
Link to the Series with Texts: Dirty Business |
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