Minnesota Electronics Company Joins The Fight Against E-scrap

Materials Processing Corporation (MPC) has announced it is joining the Basel Action Network (BAN), an organization focused on confronting the global environmental injustice and economic inefficiency of toxic trade (toxic wastes, products and technologies) and its devastating impacts.

The move follows the company’s nationwide effort in 2007 to help other electronics recyclers raise environmental standards across the industry, the company says.

Materials Processing Corp., which runs a 100-percent no landfill facility in Eagan, Minn., and processes all scrap on site, will become a leading member of BAN’s E-Waste Stewardship Project, according to the company press release.

The project, a grouping of electronics recyclers and manufacturers, is dedicated to providing education about, and eradicating, the export of electronic waste to poor or developing countries, the company says.  The projects ultimate goal is to eradicate the transportation and export of toxic electronic scrap to third world, poor or developing countries and to ensure the practice is replaced with manufacturer responsibility and both green designs and legislation, the company adds.

“MPC signing the BAN pledge today is an example of the level of environmental stewardship we expect from our partners,” says Daniel Kim, general manager of Environmental Compliance, LG Electronics USA Inc., a partner of MPC. “That level of commitment is central to our policy at LG and we believe ultimately it will benefit the earth’s environment.”

 “We’re thrilled to be working with MPC,” says Yuka Takamiya, Basel Action Network. “They have an excellent and irrefutable reputation for environmental stewardship as well as a real passion and commitment to helping others in the industry improve their operational and environmental protocols as much as they can. They’re a true leader.”

More information about the Basel Action Network is available at www.ban.org and more information about MPC is available at www.mpc-e.com.