Hey, my company is going to be an E-Steward Recycler. No more export, no more reuse. Here's how it happened.
- We developed a fair trade network, getting working computers from Vermont to places like Egypt
- Egyptian customs seized working used computers as "e-waste". BAN is cited as the reason. BAN is silent.
- We ship the computers to a manufacture-takeback, refurbishing program in Asia, and have the PCs made into "new in box" with Arabic lettering to provide to Egypt buyers, by-passing "e-waste" seizure.
- BAN objects to the refurbishing process, saying that elective upgrade and replacement (new parts) means that old parts were disposed (if you don't upgrade the parts, it's not refurbished, if you do, then they object to the elective upgrade of the part).
- We get R2 inspection, ISO14001, proving that no electively replaced parts were dumped, all are properly recycled.
- BAN states it is still illegal to properly recycle an electively replaced part. Says USA must remove any part which might be replaced at a contract manufacturing / refurbishing plant.
- I suggest that BAN and WR3A cooperate in California, the only place where they have such a subsidized crazy system (paying people to break working equipment) that they could actually afford to remove parts that might electively be replaced.
- BAN says they (a) don't have time to pursue the California Compromise, and (b) object to my blogging (see 1-6). BAN is saying they agree with 7, but won't promote it, because prior to thinking of and suggesting 7, that I criticized them for 1-6
- BAN and VPIRG then get ANR to pass a law requiring Vermont to stop selling to the refurbishing, falsely stating #4. They also provide quotes to the Boston Globe saying that the hundreds of technicians (filmed and inspected and ISO) are "primitive".
- Good Point Recycling begins destroying working equipment on June 30. We will film the activity.
