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                  <h1>e-Stewards® Standard</h1>
                  <p class="highlighted">The e-Stewards Standard for Responsible Recycling and Reuse of Electronic Equipment.</p>
                  <p>The e-Stewards® Standard has been designed to serve recyclers, re-furbishers, asset managers, processors, refiners, and re-deployment companies a rigorous, yet practical and operational criteria for globally responsible recycling and refurbishing of electronic equipment.</p>
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                     <h3 class="textBlue">Be Environmentally Responsible</h3>
                     <p>Demonstrate you are operating in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, reducing the export of e-waste, and the impact it has on developing countries.</p>
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                     <h3 class="textBlue">Ensure Worker Safety</h3>
                     <p>The standard also ensures worker protection through extensive baseline protections and monitoring of workers and accountability for the entire recycling chain of toxic materials.</p>
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                     <h3 class="textBlue">Supply Chain Assurance</h3>
                     <p>Providing e-Stewards® Enterprises with a system for assuring customers that their supply chains are functioning in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.</p>
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                     <h3 class="textBlue">Protect Data Security &amp; Privacy</h3>
                     <p>e-Stewards Certification is open to electronics recyclers, refurbishers and processors in all developed countries.</p>
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                  <h2>What Is It?</h2>
                  <p class="highlighted">The Standard was established by the Basel Action Network (BAN) in partnership with leaders in the recycling industry.</p>
                  <p>Its purpose is to provide appropriately rigorous, yet practical operational criteria for globally responsible recycling and refurbishing of electronic equipment.</p>
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                           <p>All stored data from all devices must be destroyed.</p>
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                           <p>Managing toxic e-waste must be done in accordance with best available practices to protect workers and the environment.</p>
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                           <p>e-Stewards recyclers must track all toxic materials downstream of their facilities, account for them, and ensure proper management.</p>
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                           <p>No child, coerced, or prison labour is permitted.</p>
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                           <p>Exports of toxic e-waste to developing countries are not allowed in accordance with international law (Basel Convention).</p>
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                           <p>e-Stewards requires that all of the facilities and operations in each country belonging to a company are covered under the certification.</p>
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                  <h2>The Steps to Certification</h2>
                  <p>QCI Global Assurance is proud to be an accredited e-Stewards certifier. e-Stewards is an audit program for the review of the management and traceability management of electronic waste, based upon ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001 and Social Accountability Standards.</p>
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                        <h5>Start</h5>
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                           <li>Purchase the Standard</li>
                           <li>Conduct a Gap Assessment of your current systems against the e-Stewards requirements</li>
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                           <li>Contact QCI Global to discuss requirements, timeframes and costs.</li>
                           <li>Perform and option pre-assessment.</li>
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                        <h5>Certify</h5>
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                           <li>Undertake a Stage 1 audit</li>
                           <li>Complete a detailed Stage 2 audit</li>
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                           <li>Work according to the practices defined by your EOHSMS and look for opportunities to improve your EOHSMS and performance.</li>
                           <li>Conduct a Surveillance audit, of 1/4 of you EOHSMS every 6 months, or 1/2 every year.</li>
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