Archiv – The US-based International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) has launched a revised process for the certification of electronics recyclers. This follows a year-long initiative by the IAER’s Standards & Certification Committee to review all of the documents and procedures involved in the existing IAER certification process, including the Pre-Screening Questionnaire, IAER Certification Standard, Audit Checklist and Certification Guidance Document.The US-based International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER) has launched a revised process for the certification of electronics recyclers. This follows a year-long initiative by the IAER’s Standards & Certification Committee to review all of the documents and procedures involved in the existing IAER certification process, including the Pre-Screening Questionnaire, IAER Certification Standard, Audit Checklist and Certification Guidance Document.
The IAER is behind the first and only certification process designed exclusively to conduct third-party audits of electronics recycling facilities to achieve the designation of Certified Electronics Recycler. The IAER Certification Standard is a comprehensive set of requirements that reflect what preferred customers would expect of qualified suppliers. The revision process has resulted in an expansion and strengthening of requirements in areas of increasing interest, such as downstream controls, data security and hazardous materials. The IAER has also established a lower-cost approach to renewing IAER Certification by devising a more streamlined renewal audit. The renewal cycle will be every two years.
The IAER and Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) have also established a new cost-efficient approach to certification for those companies with multiple facilities. If the company has a centralised management system that controls a common approach to key management processes, then the company can be certified by a sampling technique similar to ISO.
To stimulate certification activity, the IAER is offering a special promotion to IAER members who go through the certification process before the end of this year. The fee will be approximately half the original cost of IAER certification.
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