2020
BAN reveals that Dell and Goodwill continue to export toxic e-waste to Developing countries in violation of the Basel Convention.
BAN warns US Cities and States they must halt exports of mixed and dirty plastic wastes collected from municipalities and business.
BAN releases major report Contradiction in Terms, on the illegality and political incoherence of promoting export of toxic ships to developing countries.
Following BAN investigations, Thailand officially bans the import of e-Waste.
2019
BAN releases its European e-Waste Tracking Report: Holes in the Circular Economy revealing exports of e-waste from Europe
e-Stewards announces new, streamlined e-Recycling Standard V4.0
BAN is featured in a new short , video and article by Verge, on GPS tracking of e-Waste and how it led to the prosecution and conviction of a waste trader.
e-Stewards announces ADVANCE+, a workforce development program for individuals on the autism spectrum
The Basel Ban Amendment is ratified by enough countries to enter into force, officially banning the export of hazardous waste from OECD to non-OECD countries
The Basel Convention agrees to include mixed, unrecyclable, and contaminated plastic waste exports into the control regime that requires the consent of importing countries before waste exports can proceed
2018
BAN releases Scam Recycling Continues Update #2 Report
Hong Kong Legislative Council passes new law on e-waste in response to BAN’s 2015-2016 GPS tracker exposé, making the unregulated e-waste importer and scrap operations illegal
BAN launches EarthEye™, a commercial GPS tracking service
Thailand announces its plan to ban e-waste & plastic imports
BAN releases e-Waste Mismanagement at EcoPark Report
BAN enters into an MOU with the National Association for Information Destruction® (NAID®) to require all e-Stewards Certified Recyclers to also become NAID AAA Certified for Electronic Media
BAN releases its Australian Report
BAN releases its Canadian Report
BAN's GPS trackers lead to federal conspiracy charges against Washington state recycler Total Reclaim
2017
The President of Executive Recycling, found guilty of knowingly illegally exporting electronic waste to Hong Kong due to BAN’s investigation, is sentenced to 22 months in a federal penitentiary
e-Stewards® launches its Digital Equity program to provide low-cost, ethically refurbished computers to digitally disadvantaged students and families
BAN releases Scam Recycling Continues Update #1 Report
2016
BAN releases its Disconnect Report
BAN releases its Scam Recycling Report
BAN releases its 2015-2016 Biennial Report
2015
BAN finds e-waste being illegally dumped in US landfills
BAN partners with local groups to protest the illegal dumping of Canadian trash in the Philippines
2014
BAN releases its 2013-2014 Annual Report
To make using a responsible recycler as easy as clicking a button, BAN launches the e-Stewards Marketplace for businesses, along with a new e-Stewards website
BAN’s green ship recycling campaign successfully convinces the U.S. Navy to recycle three aircraft carriers –the Forrestal, Saratoga, and Constellation – instead of sinking them for target practice
2013
BAN was awarded the International Electronic Recycling Congress' Cowbell Award for our efforts to prevent the globalization of toxic waste and to create strategies for proper waste treatment
2012
BAN releases its 2012 Annual Report
2011
After exposing illegal exports to the public with CBS’s 60 Minutes, BAN testifies against Executive Recycling, which is convicted of fraud, sentenced to jail time, and fined
e-Stewards certifies its 100th facility
Check out BAN’s 2011 Annual Report
2010
BAN helps Annie Leonard release The Story of Electronics video, part of her critically-acclaimed Story of Stuff Project
BAN launches e-Stewards Certification, which certifies the most socially and environmentally responsible e-recyclers to the e-Stewards Standard
Check out BAN’s 2010 Annual Report
2009
BAN releases the film, “e-Stewardship: Taking Responsibility in the Information Age”
Check out BAN’s 2009 Annual Report
2008
CBS’s 60 Minutes episode, The Wasteland, features Jim Puckett and e-waste exports. It wins multiple awards and 18 million people watched it when it first aired
Thanks to a tip from BAN, the Environmental Protection Agency files a lawsuit and fines GMS $518,000 for exporting the SS Oceanic to India
2007
BAN’s research uncovers that children’s toy jewelry contains lead sourced from e-waste
2005
Investigating e-waste dumping in Lagos, Nigeria, BAN releases a documentary and film, The Digital Dump: Exporting Reuse and Abuse to Africa
2003
Kicking off our green ship recycling campaign, BAN, Sierra Club, and Earth Justice sue the US government for planning to export old Naval vessels to the UK, against US law. As a result, the courts block nine ships from being exported
Securing commitments from 15 companies to never export waste, BAN launches the “Electronics Recyclers Pledge of True Stewardship”
2002
BAN exposes the Western world to the biggest e-waste dumping ground through our documentary and report Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia
2001
BAN creates the Ban Mercury Working Group, a non-profit with the goal of phasing out mercury mining, trade, and use
2000
Uncovering mercury exports to India, BAN generates international furor to stop
these exportsBAN helps prevent Japan from illegally exporting PCB waste into the US and Canada
1999
BAN campaigns with a coalition of groups in Cambodia, Taiwan, US, and Europe to force Formosa Plastics in Taiwan to return toxic waste containing mercury from Cambodia
1998
At the Basel Convention COP4 meeting, BAN successfully prevents the definitions of hazardous waste from being weakened
1997
Jim Puckett creates BAN (originally a project of the Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange, which he co-founded)
