Sprint
Through the new Electronics Stewardship Policy, Sprint commits to design and procure eco-friendly electronics, maximize the equipment’s useful life, boost collection of equipment, maximize reuse of electronics, responsibly recycle electronic scrap, and use environmentally and socially responsible vendors for recycling. Sprint developed the policy with input from BSR, Basel Action Network and ABI Research.
The policy outlines four bold goals:
- At least 70 percent of Sprint-branded devices should meet the company's scorecard criteria for environmental design by 2017.
- 100 percent of Sprint's recycling vendors and remanufacturing partners must meet certification requirements by 2012 and 2013, respectively.
- Sprint intends to collect nine phones for reuse or recycling for every 10 it sells annually by 2017, a 90 percent collection rate.
- Sprint intends to collect 100 percent of its own annual e-waste for reuse and recycling by 2017.
Progress:
The company reports the following efforts to complete its commitments:- The company achieved 66.3% in terms of scorecard criteria for environmental design for its branded devices, up from 54%.
- Sprint remains on track to have 100 percent to partner with vendors and partners that meet certification requirements.
- Sprints efforts to collect nine phones for recycling or reuse for every 10 it sells is at 39%, up from 35.9%.