Provision 7: Tracking Throughput

Question 1

Provision 7

Tracking Throughput

Answer 1

Electronics recycler shall maintain business records sufficient to document the flow of equipment, components, and materials that pass through its facility

Question 2

Requirements:
(Section a)
Electronics recycler shall maintain for at least three years commercial contracts, bills of lading, or other commercially-accepted documentation for all transfers of equipment, components, and materials.

Answer 2

An R2:2013 electronics recycler does not need to track non-FMs beyond the first tier downstream vendor.

Question 3

(Section b)
An R2:2013 electronics recycler shall provide, to each customer that is R2 certified or in the
process of R2:2013 certification, upon request and with appropriate intellectual property and commercial controls as legally appropriate and required by the discloser:

Answer 3

The names and locations of all downstream vendors in the recycling chain that handle said customer’s FMs.