EPEAT
Some companies still struggling with EPEAT compliance
April 29, 2019
Outcome reports compiled by Oregon-based Green Electronics Council (GEC) for 2018 have revealed some electronics manufacturers were still slipping up when it comes to EPEAT compliance. As Resource Recycling reports, GEC is responsible for overseeing the EPEAT program and its reports “detail instances of electronics manufacturers failing to meet recycling and reuse criteria under the […]
The potential impact of new manufacturing legislation
December 10, 2018
With Brett Hyde of Buyequip Pty Ltd. revealing that we could produce up to 49.8 million metric tons of e-waste this year alone, partly due to planned obsolescence, the implementation of new legislation by the European Commission is of vital importance. As Hyde explains, “the majority of e-waste is from small electronic equipment such as […]