Our Standards

Standard for Responsible Recycling (R2) of Electronic Waste

With the popularisation of electronic appliances such as mobile phones, computers, and home appliances, electronic waste (e-waste) problem is becoming more and more serious. According to statistics, in the past ten years, as many as 10 billion sets of e-waste have been generated worldwide, and the pollution of e-waste cannot be ignored. Responsible Recycling (R2) is a certification standard developed to help address the electronic waste problem. It is developed to minimise the impact of electronic waste on the environment and ensure that any hazardous materials are properly disposed of. This is an effort to improve e-waste recycling.

R2 is the abbreviation of Responsible Recycling, which means responsible recycling. It is a standard for the electronics recycling industry developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and stakeholders in the electronics recycling industry.

As a member of the benefit-sharing group in the recycling industry, EPA formulated the “reuse and recycle” practice in 2008 to help the majority of e-waste recycling companies improve environmental performance, improve employee health and safety, and improve data security. Implementing public health operating practices and calling on all organisations in the global electronic recycling chain to conduct responsible management with R2 standard.

Our company has created and been operating based on R2 management system and we have completed stage I Registration Audit.

Environmental Policy Statement

Ewast & Metal Recycling seeks to conducts its business with a commitment to protecting the quality of the environment. To achieve this policy we are committed to the prevention of pollution and will at all times put in place waste minimisation processes.

We will strive for continual improvement of its environmental performance through systematic management practice.

To achieve this, The Company is committed to

• Comply with the requirements of ISO 14001 and other relevant Environmental legislations and obligations.
• Manage our diverse activities to prevent or minimise pollution and impacts on visual amenity, air, water, land, flora, fauna and cultural and heritage values
•  Strive to improve resource consumption efficiency and minimise waste generation in our Services
• Investigate and implement mutually beneficial programs of environmental management with interested parties
• Ensure understanding of environmental requirements and implementation of standards among our employees, suppliers and contractors
• Set and review environmental objectives and targets
• Monitor and report our environmental progress, and
• Continue to improve our environmental management system and environmental performance.

Quality Policy Statement

The Management of AUSTRALIA EWASTE RECYCLING is fully committed to meet or exceed customer expectations while adhering to continually improving the quality management system. Every person in the Organisation has quality related responsibilities, and it must be accepted and understood that every aspect of what we do in the business ultimately affects the level of customer satisfaction.

To achieve this, The Company is committed to

• Emphasise satisfaction of interested party both external and internal as the primary focus of the quality management activities
• Continuously improve process effectiveness.
• Compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001 and other relevant quality standards.
• Consider prevention based systems and controls to foster more effective decision making
• Identify, report, investigate and resolve all non-conformances and take action to prevent recurrence;
• Provide ongoing training for existing and new staff, to enable them to work in accordance with the internal and external requirements;
• Treat external product and service provides (Suppliers and Contractors) as integral asset of the company and work closely with them to meet customer’s needs

Occupational Health and Safety Policy Statement

The management of Ewast & Metal Recycling is committed to providing a safe working culture amongst our employees.  We recognise the importance of maintaining a safe and healthy work environment for our staff, our subcontractors and for those around us.

To achieve this, The Company is committed to:

• Compliance with the requirements of AS/NZS 4801 and other safety legislations;
• Consult with employees and their representatives in matters relating to workplace safety;
• Communicate and inform employees and subcontractors in matters relating to workplace safety;
• Provide and maintain a safe working and community environment;
• Implement mechanisms that allow all staff to participate in the development of a safe working environment that is as risk-free as possible;
• Identify hazards, assess risk, eliminate risk and initiate risk control measures;
• Develop and maintain safe working practices;
• Provide relevant training to ensure staff are competent to carry out their job in a safe manner;
• Provide adequate resources to ensure the health and safety of staff, subcontractors and those around us;
• Provide appropriate supervision to ensure work is carried out in a safe and healthy manner;
• Regularly review all health and safety systems to maintain their effectiveness;
• Set measurable and achievable objectives and targets; and
• Continue to improve our OHS management system and OHS performance.