List of quotes attributed to the U.S EPA:
We (U.S GAO) also believe that EPA’s enforcement over used CRT exports—the only electronic device currently covered by U.S. regulations—has done little to deter violations."
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: https://books.google.ca/books?isbn=1437909892
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"In commenting on a draft of this report, EPA generally disagreed with our recommendations, stating, among other things, that (1) it did not want to build an “extensive compliance monitoring and enforcement program” around the CRT rule or any other individual provision of its broader RCRA program and (2) it preferred nonregulatory, voluntary approaches to address the problems discussed in this report. First, we (U.S GAO) disagree that an extensive program would be required to develop the basic components of an enforcement deterrent, such as enforcement targets and a plan for compliance monitoring, following up on suspected violations, and prosecuting violators. Second, our findings cast serious doubt about the effectiveness of a strategy that relies almost entirely on voluntary approaches."
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: https://books.google.ca/books?id=SiESe6axBC8C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=In+commenting+on+a+draft+of+this+report,+EPA+generally+disagreed+with+our+recommendations,+stating,+among+other+things&source=bl&ots=_CsYb_fe_5&sig=-5nAVXo93quHqPiuwMDum9sQi_A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh3c_M1rzOAhVTlxQKHe1PAfEQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=In%20commenting%20on%20a%20draft%20of%20this%20report%2C%20EPA%20generally%20disagreed%20with%20our%20recommendations%2C%20stating%2C%20among%20other%20things&f=false
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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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"EPA contends that because developing options to broaden the agency’s regulations under existing RCRA authority might take several years and require addressing legal complexities, the agency should instead pursue nonregulatory, voluntary approaches.
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081044.pdf
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We (U.S GAO) disagree. First, as EPA’s experience has shown, voluntary programs can also take years to implement—and in some cases may never attain effective broad coverage since in a voluntary scheme, the agency has no enforcement recourse against reluctant participants. Second, given the widespread willingness to export in apparent violation of EPA’s one existing electronics export regulation (the CRT rule), including some exporters’ admitting knowledge of the rule, we do not assume that the industry will voluntarily agree to adopt and adhere to broader, meaningful export controls in the absence of a broader, better enforced regulatory framework."
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081044.pdf
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"According to EPA estimates, in 2005, 61% of CRTs collected for recycling were refurbished or remanufactured into new televisions abroad. Also, a study specific to exports to Peru found that 85% of used personal computers (PCs) imported by Peru were reused rather than recycled. The study concluded that decisions regarding the end-of-life management of computers were driven by reuse as opposed to recycling."
Meta-Actor: Government
Source Document: https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40850.pdf
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