Missouri DNR Proposed Rules
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has sent a list of proposed rules to the Secretary of State. This list of rules will be published in the Missouri Register for the public to look over and eventually a hearing will be set up for the public's statements and questions to be heard. You can find a complete list of rules here.

​Revision of DRAFT e-Stewards® Standard Version 3.0
Welcome.  The e-Stewards Standard is in the process of being revised for the third time since its inception in 2009, and your input, as a customer of certified e-Stewards recyclers, is very important to ensure this standard serves your needs. Please provide written comments on as much or as little of the Final Draft e-Stewards Standard Version 3.0 as you wish, to help ensure the standard addresses your needs for data protection, asset recovery, hazardous waste liability, downstream accountability, export, etc.
The Final Draft e-Stewards Standard Version 3.0 is now available under a non-disclosure agreement (due to the licensed ISO 14001 management system content) for a four-week public comment period, which closes on Feb 16th.
To access the non-disclosure agreement, and then the draft standard and instructions for providing input, please click here.

Missouri e-cycling standards / events

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Click on the image above to link to the following e-cycling information specific to Missouri: 
  1. Missouri E-cycling Standards - Best Management Practices for recyclers and demanufacturers to ensure these services protect the environment.
  2. Voluntary Tiered Registration Levels - Four levels of registration, each representing an increasing commitment to follow standards and adopt additional environmental controls. 
  3. Education and Outreach - Raising public awareness of the environmental impacts associated with discarded electronics.
  4. Missouri E-cycling Events- This is a list of planned collection events to recycle or dispose electronic equipment.
State Electronics Challenge
The State Electronics Challenge (SEC) encourages state, tribal, regional, and local governments, including schools and other public entities, to responsibly manage office equipment, by:
  • Purchasing greener office equipment.
  • Reducing the impacts of these products during use.
  • Managing obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way.
The SEC provides resources to assist organizations in the public sector, as well as private schools and colleges, who sign up as “Partners” to become leaders and address the challenges posed by electronics.
Learn more about the Challenge, its program goals, and how it can help you succeed.

Data security

If e-scrap is not properly managed, information from hard drives and computer chips can be recovered and used. Around the world, criminals have obtained information on credit cards, financial accounts, and other sensitive information and used it to their profit.  

Standards have been developed to ensure data security computer media (NIST 800-88: US standard for Data Remenance) and professional organizations, such as the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) promote destruction industry standards and ethics of its members. 

Though hard drives can be erased, the typical process for computer recycling secures the hard drive until it can be shredded and the material recycled.  Whenever you dispose of electronics, insist on documented guarantees for data security. Reputable recyclers will offer this. 

E-scrap environment and human rights 

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Electronic products often contain hazardous materials, including lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants. These materials accumulate in the environment and are responsible for irreversible health effects in humans, wildlife, plants and microorganisms. To protect the environment, escrap should always be recycled by a reputable, certified recycler.  

Electronic scrap from the US is sometimes shipped to developing countries. International policies prevent dumping of escrap in poor countries, but dismantling and recycling with little or no regulatory oversight is common practice, and leads to contamination of the workers, their families and communities.  "E Stewards" and "R2 Certified" companies guarantee the materials they accept will be handled responsibly. Click on to find the nearest E Steward recycler or link to R2's website.

Finally many electronics use "conflict metals," or minerals that are mined in countries where atrocious civil rights violations occur.  Recycling these metals eliminates the need for mining -- and the financial support for brutal wars that have killed millions of people.

                        Act locally; think globally! 
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