R2 certification hits milestone
By Editorial Staff, E-Scrap News
Feb. 14, 2014
More than 500 e-scrap recycling facilities around the world are now certified to the R2 standard.
R2 Solutions, the nonprofit organization responsible for developing and administering the standard, announced the news Feb. 7 in a press release. A total of 508 facilities across 14 countries are currently certified and “more are in the pipeline,” the release states.
Facilities will have to update their certification this year to meet the recently introduced R2:2013 standard. A 58-page guidance document was released in November to aid firms conform to the changes, which include a requirement for certified facilities to have an environmental health and safety management system in place.
The R2 standard was founded in 2008.