The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Inc., today applauded AERC Recycling Solutions on earning the prestigious industry designation R2/RIOS Certified Electronics Recycler® for all its Electronics Processing Com-Cycle facilities. Facilities earning the most recent certifications are located in Hayward, CA, Houston, TX, Ashland, VA, and Allentown, PA. AERC’s Electronics Processing Com-Cycle facility in West Melbourne, FL, was the first of its facilities to be certified to the prestigious standard last year.
According to a new report conducted by the well-respected International Data Corporation (IDC), a global market research provider with nearly 50 years of experience in information technology and consumer technology markets, the U.S. electronics recycling industry has grown tremendously in the past decade to become a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish economy.
Two e-scrap processing facilities in Southeast Asia are confounding the public’s expectations of the developing world and are poised to address the region’s burgeoning scrap electronics supply.
Recyclers are applying the fair-trade model to used electronics, demonstrating that exports for refurbishment and reuse can meet developing countries’ need for low-cost products—and the facilities that do the work can meet developed-world standards.
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