The R2 standards for "e-waste" recyclers require proper documentation of all the reuse and recycling streams. If you export for repair or reuse, per Basel Annex IX, you must also keep records of what happened to every piece that wasn't reused, make sure it was properly recycled, and make sure the buyer is both audited and fairly compensated. You need to have your records audited and keep them for three years. Our first reaction to R2 Consensus was to hire an inspector and audit our reuse buyer, to make sure all the incidental breakage, elective upgraded parts, etc. were recycled properly and that the reuse records were accurate.
E-Stewards began with an objection within R2 that proper recycling of e-waste (incidental breakage, above) overseas was a form of disposal, and that Basel Convention Annex IX requires "pre-repair" - identification and removal of the piece to be replaced. No matter how well the recycling of the piece occurs overseas, they define "proper recycling" itself as "illegal disposal".
E-Stewards began with an objection within R2 that proper recycling of e-waste (incidental breakage, above) overseas was a form of disposal, and that Basel Convention Annex IX requires "pre-repair" - identification and removal of the piece to be replaced. No matter how well the recycling of the piece occurs overseas, they define "proper recycling" itself as "illegal disposal".
