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Health Care Without Harm Environmentally Preferable Procurement Guidelines for Electronic Products
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Purchasing Guidelines for Environmentally Preferable Computers offers suggested questions for going beyond EPEAT.
Download questions (.pdf) (323KB)
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Equipment End-of-Life Management Program Summary questionnaire requests details of manufacturer end-of-life programs.
Download questionnaire. (.pdf) (259KB)
GAO Report on Recycling Electronic Waste
EPA Needs to Better Control Harmful U.S. Exports through Stronger Enforcement and More Comprehensive Regulation. GAO Report 1044 was released August 2008.
Download GAO E-waste report 08/08
or go to http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081044.pdf
Electronics with mercury
A summary of electronic products with mercury and specific mercury content, developed by the Electronic Industries Alliance.
Download 2-page summary (.pdf) (14 KB)
Cathode ray tubes with lead
A summary of lead content in television and computer screens by size of screen developed by the Electronics Industries Alliance.
Download 2-page summary (.pdf) (14 KB)
Brominated flame retardants in dust on computers: The case for safer chemicals and better computer design
In the first nationwide tests for brominated flame retardants in dust swiped from computers, the Computer Take-Back Campaign (CTBC) and Clean Production Action (CPA) found these neurotoxic chemicals on every computer sampled. The highest levels found were a form of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) called deca-BDE— one of the most widely used fire retardant chemicals in the electronics industry.
Download 43-page report (.pdf) (502 KB)
Healthier choices for electronic equipment: from procurement to end-of-life
A ten-step guide from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment that provides step-by-step information on managing electronic products keeping health, safety and compliance as priorities.
Download the ten-step guide (.pdf) (139 KB)
Environmentally Preferable Procurement Guidelines for Information Technology (IT) Equipment in Health Care
Prepared by Computer TakeBack Campaign and Health Care Without Harm
Guidelines for addressing the environmental and public health threats of electronic products through purchasing preferences and manufacturers’ design.
- Download Part I: The issue (.pdf) (111 KB)
- Download Part II: Procurement matrix for original equipment manufacturers (.pdf) (130 KB)
- Download Part III: Post contract reporting requirements for continual improvement (.pdf) (99 KB)
- Download Part IV: Recommendations for the bid development process (.pdf) (152 KB)
- Download Part V: Sample procurement evaluation tool (.pdf) (146 KB)
Many of these documents are also available from Health Care Without Harm http://www.noharm.org.