Implementing best management practices for managing obsolete electronics at solid waste facilities. A more complete version with comments will be uploaded in the future.

1. Managing Electronics
at Solid Waste Facilities
Implementing Best Practices to
Reduce Cost of Managing Obsolete Electronics
Reese Yontz
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

2. Background Information
• Why keep electronics from being disposed?
– Heavy metals (lead, mercury, lithieum to name a few)
– Prohibited in rubbish sites
– Not wanted in landfills
• How to select an electronics recycler.
– Visit them!
– Ask colleagues at other solid waste facilities
– Choose a certified recycler, if you cannot visit the recycler or get
a recommendation
• Past presentation
– http://www.slideshare.net/reeseyontz/swana-fall2012

3. Certification Updates
• R2 now under Sustainable Electronics Recycling
International, Inc. (SERI)
http://sustainableelectronics.org
• Current R2 standard is R2:2013
– Should clearly indicated that they R2:2013
– R2 or R2:2008 are obsolete or ambiguous

4. Other Electronics Updates
• MDEQ now maintains a listing of certified recyclers
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/electronics
• Mississippi now has 2 certified electronics
recyclers
– Magnolia Data Solutions in Jackson, MS
– Logista Solutions in Columbus, MS

16. Best Practices
• Keep electronics as whole as possible
• Remove contamination
• Do not break CRT tubes
• Do not allow scavenging
• Store off the ground
– Pallets or Gaylord boxes
– Wrap loose pallets
• Wait until a full truck load quantity if possible

17. Reese Yontz
Phone: 601-961-5305
Email: Reese_Yontz@deq.state.ms.us
Web: http://www.deq.state.ms.us/electronics