What to ask recyclers

December 28, 2007 at 7:34PM

• How is e-waste managed?

• Have you signed the Basel Action Pledge, a voluntary pledge to true stewardship of e-waste? (View it and local signers at www.ban.org.)

• May I read your environmental plan? Which independent organization is auditing you?

• Do you send e-waste overseas for re-use? (Material sent overseas for re-use rarely is, activists say.)

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