• Developing Nations Vote 'No' to 'Digital Dump'
  May 08, 2013
  GENEVA -- A vote that would have permitted electronics equipment manufacturers to send certain types of electronics waste to developing nations for disposal went down in defeat this week. The draft Guideline [...]
  [Posted in Media Coverage]

• Things Looking Up for Helium Legislation
  May 08, 2013
  Following a 394-1 vote two weeks ago by the House of Representatives to pass the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, the Senate began looking at this issue this week with a hearing in [...]
  [Posted in ITI Blog]

• Will Apple & Co. Throw Away Your Broken Gadgets in These Countries?
  May 04, 2013
  Are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other tech companies pushing for legislation that would make it easier to send more e-waste to developing countries? A major tech industry trade association is seeking to alter [...]
  [Posted in Media Coverage]

• Partnering to Advance Responsible Reuse Solutions
  May 04, 2013
  ITI is back in Geneva this week to participate in the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP-11) of the Basel Convention -- an international treaty designed to control international shipments of hazardous [...]
  [Posted in ITI Blog]

• Industry Lobbying to Exempt ‘E-Waste’ Exports Drawing Fire
  May 03, 2013
  Computer and other electronic equipment manufacturers pressing for exemptions from established controls on the export of electronic waste or e-waste are drawing fire from NGOs. Basel Action Network says [...]
  [Posted in Media Coverage]