List of quotes attributed to the ISRI:
ISRI: The main opposition for the bill is currently coming from the private sector. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) is a trade association comprised of over 1,600 manufacturing and processing companies. In 2010, the ISRI Board of Directors adopted a recycling export policy similar to H.R. 2284 with the exception of “free trade” of hazardous substances. The Institute claims the bill will deter domestic job creation as well as shutting down foreign efforts to create a green economy, however, their real interest lies in protecting the export businesses of their members"
Meta-Actor: Scientific Community
Source Document: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~regoism/Champ/Writing_Samples_files/Issue%20Network%20Paper.pdf
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Harris meanwhile notes that the electronics recycling industry has seen a dramatic increase in the use of third-party certifications, which play a critical role in ensuring used and end-of-life electronics are handled safely and in an environmentally responsible way. The marketplace is pushing electronics recyclers to become certified to programs like ISRI's R2/RIOS Certified Electronics Recycler program, says Harris.
Meta-Actor: Journalism
Source Document: https://waste-management-world.com/a/e-waste-exports-an-inconvenient-truth
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"Because the United States has not ratified the Basel Convention or its Ban Amendment, and has few domestic federal laws forbidding the export of toxic waste, the Basel Action Network estimates that about 80% of the electronic waste directed to recycling in the U.S. does not get recycled there at all, but is put on container ships and sent to countries such as China. This figure is disputed as an exaggeration by the EPA, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, and the World Reuse, Repair and Recycling Association.
Meta-Actor: Not-for-Profit
Source Document: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste
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"ISRI argues that the survey supports its views that new legislation is not needed.
With regard to the ultimate destination of recycled end-of-life electronics, the survey finds that of the 3.5 million tons (3.2 million tonnes) being collected and recycled in the U.S., 70% by weight is processed in the country and sold either domestically, or on the global marketplace as commodity grade scrap. The researchers also claim that 10% of the total quantity collected is resold as functioning equipment and components and less than 18% is resold as equipment and components for further repair and refurbishment. Controversially, ISRI is arguing that these findings reinforce its claims that congressional proposals to ban the legitimate trade of used and end-of-life electronics to U.S. trading partners is unnecessary, and would in fact be counter-productive. Outlining the case against export controls to the Washington Council of Governments, Eric Harris, ISRI associate counsel and director of international and government relations argues that the legislation would put an end to the free, fair and legal trade of commodity grade scrap, such as steel, aluminium, copper, precious metals recovered from circuit boards, glass and plastics, while doing nothing to improve the recyclability of electronic products so they can be safely recycled anywhere in the world."
Meta-Actor: Journalism
Source Document: https://waste-management-world.com/a/e-waste-exports-an-inconvenient-truth
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"As the developed world begins to be make meaningful efforts to curtail the export of e-waste, ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries) has controversially claimed that legislation to restrict exports are unnecessary and counter-productive."
Meta-Actor: Journalism
Source Document: https://waste-management-world.com/a/e-waste-exports-an-inconvenient-truth
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