Reduce e-waste volumes with TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated

TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated helps you take responsibility for the e-waste you generate and contribute to the solution. For each IT product you purchase, an equivalent amount of e-waste is collected in a country lacking safe recycling systems.

Organizations coordinating e-waste collection connected to TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated must comply with strict social and environmental requirements to protect the environment from hazardous substances and create fair jobs locally.

TCO Certified Edge is a supplemental certification to TCO Certified, intended for best-in-class products meeting leading-edge sustainability criteria. The certification recognizes those products that are leading the way. All products certified to TCO Certified Edge are also independently verified to meet all TCO Certified criteria, including comprehensive environmental and social responsibility requirements.

TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated is available for notebooks, smartphones and tablets.

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How it works

1. Purchase a certified product

By asking for TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated, you provide an additional incentive for the IT industry to get involved in the collection of e-waste.

2. E-waste is collected

For each certified product that is manufactured, the IT brand must ensure that an equivalent amount of e-waste is collected and recycled.

3. People get fair jobs

People are employed to handle the collected products. Work must be carried out in accordance with a code of conduct, including strict criteria on working conditions and working hours.

4. IT products are recycled

The collected e-waste is transported to a recycling plant compliant with strict environmental criteria. Materials are taken care of and prepared for reuse.

Independent verification organizations audit the process of collecting and recycling e-waste.

Use the criterion in procurement

TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated gives organizations worldwide a powerful tool to combat e-waste and the opportunity to make a real difference for people affected by today’s unsustainable approach to electronics.

To take responsibility, you only need to do one thing: ask for TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated when you procure new IT products. This way, you contribute to the solution of the e-waste problem, and at the same time, you get products independently verified to meet all other criteria in TCO Certified.

Improves your sustainability reporting

Asking for TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated gives you access to key indicators your organization can use in sustainability reporting.

Amount of collected and recycled IT products (kilograms and quantity).
Key indicators in TCO Certified: product energy use, percentage of recycled plastic used and total product weight.*

*Criteria for energy use are not available for all product categories.

An opportunity for brand owners

More than ever, IT buyers demand responsibly designed and made products. Many organizations want to be environmentally and socially responsible and meet national and international sustainability targets. Working proactively with environmental and social issues is an opportunity to meet growing customer demand. Our criteria and independent verification help you structure your sustainability work and offer a platform for continuous improvement.

Cooperation helps us drive faster change. The more IT brands commit to TCO Certified Edge, E-waste Compensated, the more discarded products can be collected.

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Approved collectors

The organizations that coordinate e-waste collection must comply with strict social and environmental requirements. They must implement a code of conduct and communicate it to sub-suppliers. The code of conduct covers:

ILO’s eight core conventions
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Local and national labor and health and safety laws
Maximum 60-hour working week, including overtime
Standards for responsible recycling

Closing the Loop

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Closing the Loop offers e-waste compensation services since 2016. Its customers include global technology brands as well as large public and private organisations.

Mr Joost de Kluijver
Tel: +31 6 19222233
joost.dekluijver@closingtheloop.eu
closingtheloop.eu