• Dataserv takes pioneering role in StEP's launch to the United Nations

London, 30th May 2007

Dataserv^®, the UK’s leading asset retirement solution provider for ethical recycling and reuse of electronic and electrical equipment, will be a key participant at Solving the E-Waste Problem’s (StEP) launch to the United Nations and National representatives in New York today. As a founder member of StEP, and the only charter member from the UK private sector, Dataserv is taking a pioneering role in raising awareness of the hazards of e-waste and promoting the creation of global standards in the processes of recycling electronic scrap (e-scrap) to harvest valuable materials and minimise environmental pollution.

One of the fastest growing components of the global waste stream, e-scrap is also, arguably, one of the most troublesome. The European Environmental Agency calculates that the volume of e-scrap is now rising roughly three times faster than other forms of municipal waste. The total annual global volume of e-scrap is soon expected to reach roughly 40 million metric tons enough to fill a line of tipper lorries stretching half way around the world.

At StEP’s launch on 19th April, Dataserv will spearhead two - ReUse and ReCycle -of StEP’s five taskforces, which will help shape government policies worldwide and address the issues related to re-design and product life expectancy, reuse and recycling, and help build relevant capacity in developing nations.

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