ISRI approves electronics recycling operating principles.The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries ISRI Institute for Software Research, International (Carnegie Mellon University) ISRI Information Science Research Institute ISRI Intelligent Systems Research Institute ) board of directors has unanimously approved the association's new Electronics Recycling Operating Practices. ISRI's Electronics Recycling Council has worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and other industry stakeholders to develop the document, which it says outlines the best practices for the electronics recycling industry. ISRI says its voluntary electronics recycling practices can be used by companies that would like to ensure that obsolete electronics and their constituent materials are recycled "in compliance with all applicable environmental, health and safety regulations and in a manner that protects the global environment and the health and safety of workers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries." ISRI's Electronics Council designed the guidelines to be incorporated by reference into the association's Recycling Industry Operating Standard (RIOS RIOS Reactive Infinite-Order Sudden RIOS Rhode Island Orchid Society RIOS Remote Input Output System ), which integrates industry-specific standards into an environmental, quality and health and safety management system. The ANSI-ASQ ANSI-ASQ American National Standards Institute-American Society of Quality National Accreditation Board has agreed to develop and administer an accreditation system for RIOS certifiers. More information about ISRI's Electronics Recycling Operating Practices and RIOS is available at www.isri.org. |
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