Ohio Firm Achieves e-Stewards Certification

2trg, an electronics recycling company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced its Cincinnati processing center has completed e-Stewards, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications. The company says compliance with the certification standards indicates that 2trg is committed to quality recycling operations for obsolete electronics.

Stuart Shaffer, 2trg’s chief client officer, says, “The certifications 2trg has completed are significant since there are a limited number of recyclers in the country who qualify for e-Stewards Certification. This substantiates 2trg Cincinnati’s positioning in the tri-state market as a premier processor of end-of-life electronics. Customers can trust us to responsibly recycle their electronics in an environmentally friendly and legally compliant manner. We are looking forward to certifying our other processing centers to provide the same assurance to customers nationwide.”

In addition to Cincinnati, 2trg operates electronics recycling facilities in Geneva, N.Y., and Louisville, Ky.

e-Stewards Certification requires 2trg to use NIST SP (Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations) 800-88 guidelines to clear or destroy data on hard drives and provide accountability for the entire chain of custody, providing the data destruction required by laws like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act) and GLBA (Gramm Leach Bliley Act).

“Our customers can rest assured that the data from their hard drives and other storage devices is cleared or destroyed meeting NIST SP 800-88 standards,” Carol Weinstein, 2trg CFO, says.

Jerry Townsend, 2trg’s director of operations, says, “2trg operates in a way that respects the environment, follows legal standards and protects worker health and safety as demonstrated by our compliance with the e-Stewards Standard. 2trg does not export any hazardous electronics overseas. It is important to us to protect both the health and safety of our employees and the health and safety of every individual downstream who touches the electronics we process.”