In order to help the environment in Canada, the Electronic Stewardship Program was created. It is the answer to helping keep all things electronic out of the landfills and hopefully, reuse them again so that others less fortunate might be able to enjoy them in their second ‘life’. Through this series, about 44 products are qualified for a change from what they are presently to what would benefit someone else and not a landfill. The organization is all about recycling, reusing and refurbishing most things electronic including but not limited to computers, electronic video games and many other styles of appliances that would eventually take up space in a landfill but are now being saved for other to use.

This organization took a two prong method in creating the near perfect balance of taking unwanted electronic and electrical items out of the hands of those who didn’t want them and putting them into the hands of those who could refurbish or recycle them into something usable. The beginning of the program started in April of 2009 and the second tier of the plan premiered in April 2010. All issues pertaining to electronics of a particular kind were addressed in the first push. These were items such as computers and all their accessories such as mice, keyboards and printers, fax machines and monitors. There were also accepting televisions. The second tier roll out was organized to gather electronics such as telephones, cell phones and amplifiers, equalizers and video recorders and radios.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment plan and program or WEEE is where one would find the Waste Diversion Act. This diversion act was created so that as much as possible, the electronic pieces would be sent to places that were not going to dump the electronics into the landfills and make them into usable resources. People in this organization can help other by refurbishing or recycling and reusing computer parts and other electronics so that they are able to give or sell them to those who need them the most. The major part of this organization is to keep the landfills from getting to filled with electronics and to help the environment.

The group is a non-for-profit organization that was formed by some of the leading consumer electronic companies, retail outlets and information technology and consumer electronics equipment companies. The WEEE plan necessitates that first importers, assemblers, franchise owners and brand owners each pay a fee for the EEE, electronic and electrical equipment issued to Canada. These fees are then used by the organization to operate the WEEE program.

In the Ontario area, there is approximately 91,000 tons of electrical equipment including radios, computers and other such devices, each available for recycling or reuse. Before the WEEE program began, only about one-quarter was managed properly. That is to say that the electronic equipment not being recycled was going into the landfills and some of it was okay because it did not pose a threat to the environment. However, other equipment made of electronic material could contain such things as cadmium, lead or mercury and if these items are not properly disposed of, could be hazardous to the environment and people.

The WEEE program takes care of the electrical and electronic equipment, the EEE, and the chosen plan that a participant will enter into will have some responsibility for a payment to the WEEE. In addition, all the fees, 100 percent of them, will go to the WEEE from the Stewards, which is what the companies who join the organization are called. There is an application and interview process to make sure a company will take the terms and conditions seriously in helping to preserve the environment.

Once a Steward is accepted into the program, they send in a monthly report that states the extent of the EEE’s they have reused, refurbished and recycled back into the community. This report is but one portion of the agreement between the Stewards and the WEEE program. The companies and businesses must agree to all conditions and terms before they are able to help with the environmental projects.

The Canada special recycling program, which will help to reduce the amount of electronic items that find their way into the landfills, will diminish landfill capacity and is called the Electronic Stewardship Program. This is a program that will also help the community by bringing needed organizations computers and other electronics that have been refurbished and recycled to them that can not afford to purchase them new.

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