BAN Seeks Public Comment on New e-Stewards Standard

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The e-Stewards certification body is seeking public comment on the changes proposed to the certification standard. A draft update to the e-Stewards certification standard was released on January 6^th, by incorporating the changes, further to the first comment period which ended last month. The all public comment period will be open till January 26^th, 2020. Incidentally, the e-Stewards certification standard is maintained by the Basel Action Network (BAN).

According to BAN, the deadline for all inputs on the DRAFT 4.0 Version of the e-Stewards Standard will be January 26th, 2020 by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Upon submitting input online, the submitter will receive an email confirming the receipt of the comments. Only one input form per company/agency will be accepted. However, public can submit comments in multiple sessions until the deadline. After considering the comments, BAN proposes to release the final version of the e-Stewards standard by February 2020.

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Meantime, BAN announced that out of 10 surprise performance verification visits conducted at e-Stewards certified facilities during 2019, 8 companies were found conforming to standards. From the remaining two companies, one has already regained certification after fixing non-conformities, whereas the certification of the other is still under review. Also, all 10 GPS trackers deployed at recycling facilities suggested that there were no shipment of tracked devices to non-certified recycling locations.