Nave Communications receives R2 certification

Jessup, Maryland-based Nave Communications, a subsidiary of ADDvantage Technologies Group Inc., Broken Arrow, Okahoma has received Responsible Recycling Practices (R2) certification following a third-party audit of its operational environmental performance.

"The implementation of R2 at Nave Communications has been a significant step in our continuous improvement of our processes at our facility," says Doug Nave, president of Nave Communications. "In addition to our other certifications of TL9000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, our customers can be assured that we will responsibly manage their materials all the way to final disposition."

R2 certification is designed to promote the safe and effective recovery and reuse of electronic equipment and materials, minimize environmental and public health risks, guard downstream control of the recycling chain and demonstrate compliance with domestic and international laws.

R2 is recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an accreditation standard that helps to ensure electronics recyclers remain accountable for their processes while also helping to protect supply chain employees and others who are exposed to e-scrap. The R2 audit evaluates more than 50 areas of operational performance.

Nave Communications provides used telecommunication networking equipment to its worldwide customer base of telecommunications providers and resellers. The company also offers its customers decommissioning services for surplus and obsolete equipment.

ADDvantage Technologies Group supplies the cable television (CATV) and telecommunications industries with a line of new and used system-critical network equipment and hardware from a range of leading manufacturers. The equipment and hardware ADDvantage distributes is used to acquire, distribute and protect the communications signals carried on fiber optic, coaxial cable and wireless distribution systems, including television programming, high-speed data (Internet) and telephony. In addition, ADDvantage operates a national network of technical repair centers focused primarily on CATV equipment and recycles surplus and obsolete CATV and telecommunications equipment.

ADDvantage operates through its subsidiaries, Tulsat, Tulsat-Atlanta, Tulsat-Nebraska, Tulsat-Texas, NCS Industries, ComTech Services and Nave Communications.