LifeSpan Technology Recycling has begun “Recycling Industry Operating Standard, Responsible Recycling Standard, and ISO 14001 certifications of its North American processing facilities.
The company is already certified by the International Association of Electronics Recyclers and the National Association For Information Destruction.
LifeSpan has engaged SGS Group, the world’s leading certification body for management systems, to oversee the certification process. Auditing will begin the first of next year, with completion expected within the year.
RIOS is the scrap recycling industry’s standard for integrated quality, environmental, and health & safety management systems. RIOS has been developed by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. to provide a framework for effectively managing and controlling recycling operations and achieving measurable continual improvement in QEHS performance.
R2 is a set of voluntary operational practices specific to electronic recyclers and their management of environmental, worker health and safety, and security issues. The R2 framework was facilitated by the U.S. EPA in an open, multi-stakeholder forum that included input and consensus from electronics manufacturers, recyclers, governmental entities, and non-profit organizations.
ISO 14000 is a global standard for environmental management systems. The aim of the standard is to reduce the environmental footprint of a business and to decrease the pollution and waste that a business produces.
“Our decision to move forward with RIOS, R2, and ISO certifications further underscores LifeSpan’s commitment to state-of-the-art quality, environmental, and health and safety management systems,” said Dag Adamson, president of LifeSpan. “We look forward to working with SGS to further enhancing the operating performance, risk management processes, and overall compliance profile of our company.”