The Electronic Stewardship Program is Canada's answer to helping keep electronic components and as many things connected with computers, music players or other plug and play type machinery out of their landfills. Through this program, there are approximately 44 products which are eligible for a change from their existing situation to one that would be beneficial to someone and not in the landfill. This organization is in charge of recycling, reusing and refurbishing many of the electrical games, computers or other type appliances that might have filled a space in the ground but is now able to be used where they are needed most.
This approach to recycling electrical items began as a two step process. The first step took place in April of 2009 with the remainder of the procedure taking hold in April of 2010. The first part was to address issues of electronics such as computers, both desktop and portable, monitors and all computer paraphernalia such as mice and keyboards, fax machines, printers and televisions. The second stage gathered all the information and set out to help people recycle and reuse things like cameras, telephones, cell phones, radios, equalizers and amplifiers and video recorders are just an example of the long list of items.
The waste diversion act was created to handle the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment program and plan (WEEE). This diversion plan means that as much electronic equipment as possible will be diverted or sent in a different direction from the landfills and hopefully to a useable resource. Making older computers run like new again, or refurbishing them, is just one of the ways the people in the organization are helping the environment and lessoning the waste within the landfills. Schools, prisons or some other deserving yet low on resources type place could benefit from the refurbished computers.
A couple of the leading consumer electronic companies, information technology and consumer electronics equipment companies and retail outlets gathered together to form this non-for-profit organization. In this organization it is the first importer, franchise owners, brand owners and assemblers that each will pay a fee for the electronic and electrical equipment, EEE, issued through Canada. When the fees are received, they are then used by the organization to operate the WEEE's program to continue to help with the recycling and reuse program.
Over the entire Ontario region, there seems to be approximately 91,000 tons of electrical equipment which includes computers and other devices like radios, all available for reuse or recycling. The WEEE program is the first of its kind and before it was established; only about one-quarter was managed properly. This means that electronic equipment was not recycled and it was going into the landfills. There are a few electrical pieces that are not harmful and then there are those electronics that could contain a mixture of lead, mercury and cadmium. If these things are not disposed of properly, they could become a hazard to people and the environment.
The EEE, electrical and electronic equipment, a chosen plan with participants and supplies, would determine how much a participant would be responsible for in the WEEE program. The amount responsible by a company is 100 percent of all fees and these companies are called 'Stewards' which send their fees to the WEEE organization in order to maintain their status with the program. The application process is pretty straightforward and there is an interview process with many questions about the businesses roll in preserving the environment.
Once a Steward is accepted into the program, they send in a monthly report that states the extent of the EEE's they have reused, refurbished and recycled back into the community. This report is but one portion of the agreement between the Stewards and the WEEE program. The companies and businesses must agree to all conditions and terms before they are able to help with the environmental projects.
The Canada special recycling program, which will help to reduce the amount of electronic items that find their way into the landfills, will diminish landfill capacity and is called the Electronic Stewardship Program. This is a program that will also help the community by bringing needed organizations computers and other electronics that have been refurbished and recycled to them that can not afford to purchase them new.
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