Environmental Policy
List of Policies - Policy Development
Policy
new proposed policy to be approved at staff meeting
Free Geek is committed to reuse and recycle technology in an environmentally friendly manner and provide access to computers, the internet, education and job training in exchange for community service.
We do so by adhering to the following principles:
Commitment to the prevention of pollution, of injury and ill health.
Compliance with applicable legal and other requirements related to the environmental, health and safety aspects of our business.
Commitment to continual improvement.
Commitment to providing a framework for setting and reviewing environmental, health and safety objectives and targets.
Commitment to communicating the policy to the public and to all people working for or on behalf of Free Geek.
Prohibition of export of hazardous electronic waste throughout the recycling chain in accordance with the Basel Convention, Basel Amendments, OECD decisions and the laws of the importing, exporting and transiting countries.
Commitment to the values of social accountability including the prohibition of child and prison labor.
Commitment to educating our customers with regard to data security and privacy requirements, and ensuring secure data destruction procedures of donated material.
Compliance
Free Geek is complying with all applicable laws and regulations and will implement new programs and procedures to assure compliance. Compliance requirements will be communicated to all levels of the organization, and will be incorporated into training, in-house audits, and performance reviews.
Oregon e-Waste Requirements
- “Computers and other electronic devices that are legitimately recycled are not subject to management as hazardous waste… Legitimate recycling means dismantling of the computers and other electronic equipment into recyclable components for resource recovery.” (from DEQ fact sheet “Managing Used Computers and Other Electronic Equipment,” 1/11/07)
Risk Reduction and Pollution Prevention
Free Geek is integrating environmental health and safety objectives into the design of Free Geek processes. Free Geek is looking for ways to minimize the potential for adverse environmental impacts and to minimize health and safety risk to Free Geek staff, volunteers, and customers. Free Geek assures that current downstream vendors also comply with this environmental, health and safety policy.
Notes
Purpose
- To comply with Free Geek's principles.
Responsibilities
- The Action Committee continuously reviews Free Geek's processes, as well as downstream vendor processes and looks for opportunities for improvement.