Cascade Facilities in California, Florida and Indiana Certified as e-Stewards

The Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN) has announced that Cascade Asset Management’s plants in Florida, Indiana and California are now e-Stewards Certified. Cascade’s Wisconsin headquarters became e-Stewards certified in 2010. All of the company’s recycling facilities are now certified to the standard, as required under the terms of e-Stewards.

The accredited, third-party-audited certification program has been endorsed by Greenpeace USA, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Electronics TakeBack Coalition and 68 other environmental organizations. According to BAN, e-Stewards certification also has drawn the support of major corporate “e-Stewards Enterprises,” such as Wells Fargo, Samsung, Capitol One and Bank of America.

Jim Puckett, BAN executive director, says, “As a certified e-Stewards Recycler, Cascade Asset Management can assure customers their obsolete electronics will be managed to the highest standards of responsibility.”

Neil Peters-Michaud, CEO and founder of Cascade, says, “E-Stewards certification validates Cascade’s ongoing commitment to responsible processing of IT assets. It’s a rigorous standard that evaluates all our operations, systems and downstream management to demonstrate conformance to the highest standard for responsibility in the industry.”

More information on Cascade is available at www.cascade-assets.com.