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What
is ISO 14000?
Since we all live in a world of limited resources,
conserving these resources and using them intelligently is of universal
concern. In response to this, an international team of environmental experts
was convened in 1993 under the auspices of the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) to develop a series of environmental management system
standards known as the ISO 14000 series.
 ISO 14000 is
the first set of generic standards developed to provide businesses with a
structure for managing environmental impacts.
Although all of the
standards in the series are voluntary, there is only one against which a
company can be certified, ISO 14001. ISO 14001 requires the development of an
environmental management system (EMS) to proactively control factors that would
lead to undesired environmental impacts if left uncontrolled.
ISO
14001 requires conformance with a series of elements of an EMS. That is, the
organization must show that it has a working system in place to produce the
required outcome. The standard rests on the premise that environmental
performance is optimized by controlling the precursors to undesired events,
rather than waiting for the event to occur and then correcting it.
As
a recycling company, DMC strongly believes ISO 14001 makes total sense to our
business since we are responsible for the reuse, recycling and removing from
our landfills, the valuable resources available in the electronics equipment
sent to us by our customers and are obligated to do our part in protecting the
interests of our customers, the community, the planet.
Benefits Of
ISO 14001 Certification
Protection of the Environment
- Hazardous and
non-hazardous waste minimization.
- Conservation of
natural resources--electricity, gas, space and water.
- Aid in the
correction of worldwide environmental problems, such as our commitment to
utilizing landfill alternatives for electronics recycling.
Insure
demonstrated Compliance with Regulations
- Compliance to
current regulations and careful monitoring of applicable regulatory changes
that effect the EMS are required.
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