In order to help the environment in Canada, the Electronic Stewardship Program was created. It is the answer to helping keep all things electronic out of the landfills and hopefully, reuse them again so that others less fortunate might be able to enjoy them in their second 'life'. Through this series, about 44 products are qualified for a change from what they are presently to what would benefit someone else and not a landfill. The organization is all about recycling, reusing and refurbishing most things electronic including but not limited to computers, electronic video games and many other styles of appliances that would eventually take up space in a landfill but are now being saved for other to use.
This approach to recycling electrical items began as a two step process. The first step took place in April of 2009 with the remainder of the procedure taking hold in April of 2010. The first part was to address issues of electronics such as computers, both desktop and portable, monitors and all computer paraphernalia such as mice and keyboards, fax machines, printers and televisions. The second stage gathered all the information and set out to help people recycle and reuse things like cameras, telephones, cell phones, radios, equalizers and amplifiers and video recorders are just an example of the long list of items.
The waste diversion act was created to handle the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment program and plan (WEEE). This diversion plan means that as much electronic equipment as possible will be diverted or sent in a different direction from the landfills and hopefully to a useable resource. Making older computers run like new again, or refurbishing them, is just one of the ways the people in the organization are helping the environment and lessoning the waste within the landfills. Schools, prisons or some other deserving yet low on resources type place could benefit from the refurbished computers.
The group is a non-for-profit organization that was formed by some of the leading consumer electronic companies, retail outlets and information technology and consumer electronics equipment companies. The WEEE plan necessitates that first importers, assemblers, franchise owners and brand owners each pay a fee for the EEE, electronic and electrical equipment issued to Canada. These fees are then used by the organization to operate the WEEE program.
Over the entire Ontario region, there seems to be approximately 91,000 tons of electrical equipment which includes computers and other devices like radios, all available for reuse or recycling. The WEEE program is the first of its kind and before it was established; only about one-quarter was managed properly. This means that electronic equipment was not recycled and it was going into the landfills. There are a few electrical pieces that are not harmful and then there are those electronics that could contain a mixture of lead, mercury and cadmium. If these things are not disposed of properly, they could become a hazard to people and the environment.
The EEE, electrical and electronic equipment, a chosen plan with participants and supplies, would determine how much a participant would be responsible for in the WEEE program. The amount responsible by a company is 100 percent of all fees and these companies are called 'Stewards' which send their fees to the WEEE organization in order to maintain their status with the program. The application process is pretty straightforward and there is an interview process with many questions about the businesses roll in preserving the environment.
There is a report that is due on a monthly basis from the Steward's who are accepted into the program which will cover the extent of the EEE's that were refurbished and reused, recycled. This report is only one portion of the agreement between the WEEE program and the Stewards.
The Canada special recycling program, which will help to reduce the amount of electronic items that find their way into the landfills, will diminish landfill capacity and is called the Electronic Stewardship Program. This is a program that will also help the community by bringing needed organizations computers and other electronics that have been refurbished and recycled to them that can not afford to purchase them new.
This approach to recycling electrical items began as a two step process. The first step took place in April of 2009 with the remainder of the procedure taking hold in April of 2010. The first part was to address issues of electronics such as computers, both desktop and portable, monitors and all computer paraphernalia such as mice and keyboards, fax machines, printers and televisions. The second stage gathered all the information and set out to help people recycle and reuse things like cameras, telephones, cell phones, radios, equalizers and amplifiers and video recorders are just an example of the long list of items.
The waste diversion act was created to handle the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment program and plan (WEEE). This diversion plan means that as much electronic equipment as possible will be diverted or sent in a different direction from the landfills and hopefully to a useable resource. Making older computers run like new again, or refurbishing them, is just one of the ways the people in the organization are helping the environment and lessoning the waste within the landfills. Schools, prisons or some other deserving yet low on resources type place could benefit from the refurbished computers.
The group is a non-for-profit organization that was formed by some of the leading consumer electronic companies, retail outlets and information technology and consumer electronics equipment companies. The WEEE plan necessitates that first importers, assemblers, franchise owners and brand owners each pay a fee for the EEE, electronic and electrical equipment issued to Canada. These fees are then used by the organization to operate the WEEE program.
Over the entire Ontario region, there seems to be approximately 91,000 tons of electrical equipment which includes computers and other devices like radios, all available for reuse or recycling. The WEEE program is the first of its kind and before it was established; only about one-quarter was managed properly. This means that electronic equipment was not recycled and it was going into the landfills. There are a few electrical pieces that are not harmful and then there are those electronics that could contain a mixture of lead, mercury and cadmium. If these things are not disposed of properly, they could become a hazard to people and the environment.
The EEE, electrical and electronic equipment, a chosen plan with participants and supplies, would determine how much a participant would be responsible for in the WEEE program. The amount responsible by a company is 100 percent of all fees and these companies are called 'Stewards' which send their fees to the WEEE organization in order to maintain their status with the program. The application process is pretty straightforward and there is an interview process with many questions about the businesses roll in preserving the environment.
There is a report that is due on a monthly basis from the Steward's who are accepted into the program which will cover the extent of the EEE's that were refurbished and reused, recycled. This report is only one portion of the agreement between the WEEE program and the Stewards.
The Canada special recycling program, which will help to reduce the amount of electronic items that find their way into the landfills, will diminish landfill capacity and is called the Electronic Stewardship Program. This is a program that will also help the community by bringing needed organizations computers and other electronics that have been refurbished and recycled to them that can not afford to purchase them new.
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