R2 Guidance & Knowledge Base

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• February 2026 R2 Digest February 24, 2026
• Basel Convention and Basel Amendments February 4, 2026
• December 2025 R2 Digest December 31, 2025
• Intro to R2 webinars December 18, 2025
• Clarification to the SERI Code of Practices December 11, 2025
• Guidance on integration of E-Waste(Management) Rules 2022, published by MoEFCC (India) with SERI R2 Certification November 18, 2025
• October 2025 R2 Digest November 15, 2025
• R2 Auditor Courses November 14, 2025
• May 2025 Facility Newsletter June 6, 2025
• Steps to correlating QMS/EHSMS Certificates to R2 Certificates June 4, 2025
• Steps to validating QMS / EHSMS Certificates June 4, 2025
• April 2025 Facility Newsletter May 6, 2025
• Intro to R2 Español April 9, 2025
• March 2025 Facility Newsletter April 9, 2025
• February 2025 Facility Newsletter March 13, 2025
• SERI Impact Measurement March 4, 2025
• January 2025 Facility Newsletter February 13, 2025
• Basel Plastic Waste and E-Waste Amendments Q&A February 13, 2025
• Inside e January 20, 2025
• December 2024 Facility Newsletter January 10, 2025
• November 2024 Facility Newsletter December 7, 2024
• Incoming & Outgoing Transaction Sheets November 25, 2024
• Audit Guidance to Inbound and Outbound Transaction Sheets November 5, 2024
• Preventing PV Modules From Conducting Electricity October 30, 2024
• Audit Guidance – Registration of DSV Flow with SERI October 30, 2024
• September 2024 Facility Newsletter October 18, 2024
• PV Module Hazards Identification September 27, 2024
• R2v3 Appendix Determination Tool September 26, 2024
• R2v3 Appendix Applicability Guidance September 11, 2024
• August 2024 Facility Newsletter September 10, 2024
• Qualifying downstream vendors for processing data devices August 14, 2024
• July 2024 Facility Newsletter August 2, 2024
• PV modules as an R2 Controlled Stream July 29, 2024
• Managing PV modules with applicable R2 requirements July 29, 2024
• June 2024 Facility Newsletter July 10, 2024
• Where should I direct complaints? June 21, 2024
• May 2024 Facility Newsletter May 31, 2024
• Downstream vendor qualifications for performing data sanitization May 22, 2024
• CTIA Grading Q&A May 13, 2024
• April 2024 Facility Newsletter April 30, 2024
• Building Your Internal Audit Program: Part 4 – Conducting your R2 Internal Audit April 29, 2024
• R2 Corrective Action Module April 24, 2024
• E-Plastics Market Research – Stakeholder Engagement Report April 20, 2024
• Introducing R2U: A New Capacity-Building Program For Electronics, From the Nonprofit Organization SERI (appeared in RLA Magazine) April 11, 2024
• Broker Specific Transaction Sheet April 11, 2024
• Auditors Guide to Broker-Specific Transaction Sheet April 10, 2024
• March 2024 Facility Newsletter March 30, 2024
• Periodic evaluation for risk of exposure to hazardous substances March 27, 2024
• Notice to R2-Certified Facilities about compliance with the Basel Convention March 17, 2024
• In our opinion: Industry must commit to Basel e-plastics compliance March 12, 2024
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix G February 28, 2024
• Level 1 – Intent of Appendix G February 28, 2024
• February 2024 Facility Newsletter February 28, 2024
• Storage time limit for harvesting components for future repairs February 22, 2024
• January 2024 Facility Newsletter January 31, 2024
• December 2023 Facility Newsletter December 28, 2023
• November 2023 Facility Newsletter November 28, 2023
• Fall 2023 R2 Marketing Minute November 24, 2023
• Podcast 22 – Purge? DIAL? Data Sanitization with Steve Mellings and Jonmichael Hands November 3, 2023
• Building an Internal Audit Program: Part 3- Data November 3, 2023
• October 2023 Facility Newsletter October 28, 2023
• Using assets as a financial instrument October 23, 2023
• September 2023 Facility Newsletter September 28, 2023
• Q&As about Nonconformities September 11, 2023
• Podcast 21 – Updating Your Data Sanitization Plan and Process September 1, 2023
• August 2023 Facility Newsletter August 28, 2023
• Understanding R2v3 Remote Surveillance Audits August 9, 2023
• Request Copy of your DSV Registration Confirmation August 4, 2023
• Request Copy of your SERI License Acknowledgement August 4, 2023
• Summer 2023 R2 Marketing Minute August 1, 2023
• July 2023 Facility Newsletter July 28, 2023
• Podcast 20 – Origins of the R2 Standard July 25, 2023
• Warranty returns as defined in the REC July 24, 2023
• June 2023 Facility Newsletter June 28, 2023
• May 2023 Facility Newsletter May 28, 2023
• April 2023 Facility Newsletter April 28, 2023
• Clarification on Appendix E Applicability March 30, 2023
• Appendix E Applicability Flowchart Guidance March 30, 2023
• Determining which Appendices (PROCESS Requirements) apply to your facility March 30, 2023
• Common questions about Industrial Hygiene requirements March 29, 2023
• R2v3 and IH Monitoring: A Quick Primer and Key Resources March 29, 2023
• March 2023 Facility Newsletter March 28, 2023
• February 2023 Facility Newsletter February 28, 2023
• Podcast 19 – Most Common Nonconformances in R2v3 Audits February 27, 2023
• Preview SERI License Agreement February 9, 2023
• Podcast 18 – Legal Compliance Audits, with R2 Director Mike Easterbrook February 7, 2023
• Building An Internal Audit Program January 31, 2023
• Transparency vs. Downstream Vendor Qualifications — Avoid this common mistake January 30, 2023
• January 2023 Facility Newsletter January 28, 2023
• Guidance on Licenses and Facility Changes that Require License Changes January 23, 2023
• Building an Internal Audit Program: Part 2- Legal Compliance January 20, 2023
• Formal Interpretation Navigation Tool (for #1 Data Sanitization) December 15, 2022
• Podcast 17 – Introducing SERI’s New R2 Director, Mike Easterbrook December 6, 2022
• Discussion on Logical Data Sanitization in R2v3 November 29, 2022
• R2v3 Formal Interpretation #1.0 – Data Sanitization Software November 29, 2022
• Intro to R2 – Spanish Translation October 19, 2022
• Podcast 16 – Data Sanitization/Security Internal Audit with Corey Dehmey October 6, 2022
• Podcast 15 – Internal Audits: A conversation with Sarah Smart September 7, 2022
• Sanitization Software Examples Information Sheet August 29, 2022
• Building an Internal Audit Program: Part 1- Overview August 23, 2022
• Podcast 13 – Data Sanitization (part 1) July 14, 2022
• Podcast 14 – Building Your Internal Audit Program – Overview July 11, 2022
• What Facilities need to know about Nonconformities June 27, 2022
• Verifying the Effectiveness of the Data Sanitization Process June 14, 2022
• The Scoop on Scope: What you need to know about scope for your R2 certification May 25, 2022
• Podcast 12 – Scope of Certification May 20, 2022
• What devices or components contain focus materials? May 16, 2022
• Podcast 11 – Focus Materials May 10, 2022
• Podcast 10 – What Have We Learned? April 10, 2022
• Data Destruction/Sanitization Methods and Processing April 8, 2022
• Legal Requirements regarding Data Privacy and Security April 8, 2022
• Core 7 Data Security Policy Clarifications April 5, 2022
• Recognizing Equipment Categories from a Non-R2 Supplier April 4, 2022
• Physical security of data-containing items within the facility April 4, 2022
• Handling Ink Cartridges and Toner April 4, 2022
• Podcast 9 – Downstream Vendor Management March 25, 2022
• Supplier confirmation requirements in Core 7-Data Security March 21, 2022
• Import/Export Requirements March 21, 2022
• Podcast 8 – Remote Transition Audits March 8, 2022
• Podcast 7 – The Upcoming Certification Bubble February 16, 2022
• Requirements for testing parts and components February 4, 2022
• SERI thanks outgoing R2 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members January 28, 2022
• Guidance for Developing a Focus Materials Management Plan January 17, 2022
• Focus Material Management Plan Flowchart January 13, 2022
• “Verify” versus “Validate” January 10, 2022
• Does Appendix E apply to our facility? January 10, 2022
• Determining if industrial hygiene (IH) monitoring is required January 7, 2022
• Creating an Incident Response Procedure to Manage Potential Data Breaches December 17, 2021
• Competency of Internal Auditors December 10, 2021
• Podcast 6 – Finding Guidance in SERI’s Knowledge Base December 3, 2021
• Find a Certification Body November 29, 2021
• Qualifying non-R2v3 Downstream Vendors for Materials Recovery November 19, 2021
• Qualifying non-R2v3 Downstream Vendors for Brokering November 19, 2021
• Qualifying Downstream Vendors – General Questions November 19, 2021
• Registering the Downstream Chain with SERI November 17, 2021
• Podcast 5 – Are Your Promotional Materials Already Written? November 15, 2021
• Podcast 4 – Writing Your R2 Reuse Plan October 30, 2021
• Guidance for Developing an R2 Reuse Plan October 29, 2021
• Difference between “Core 7-Data Security” vs. “Appendix B-Data Sanitization” requirements October 28, 2021
• Code of Practices – Auditor Highlights October 23, 2021
• Code of Practices – Facility Highlights October 23, 2021
• Podcast 3 – Writing your Data Sanitization Plan October 15, 2021
• Podcast 2 – Helpful hints when scheduling your Internal Audit October 1, 2021
• Podcast 1 – Using the R2 Appendix Determination Tool September 24, 2021
• Sample Downstream Flowchart September 21, 2021
• New Updates to the R2 Code of Practices September 16, 2021
• Summary reports for tracking throughput September 13, 2021
• Guidance for Developing an R2v3 Data Sanitization Plan September 10, 2021
• When downstream vendors lose their R2 Certification September 8, 2021
• Translation instructions for R2 videos September 3, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix B August 30, 2021
• R2v3 Definitions & Structure August 30, 2021
• The REC August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix F August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix D August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix A August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Appendix E August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Appendix C August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix F August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix E August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix D August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix C August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix B August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Appendix A August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 10 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 9 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 8 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 7 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 6 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 4 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 5 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 3 August 30, 2021
• Level 2- Fundamentals of Core 2 August 30, 2021
• Level 2- Fundamentals of Core 1 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 9 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 8 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 7 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 5 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 6 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 4 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 3 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 2 August 30, 2021
• Level 1- Intent of Core 1 August 30, 2021
• Level 2 – Fundamentals of Core 10 August 30, 2021
• Appendix Determination Tool August 26, 2021
• Deciding between ISO or RIOS certification August 5, 2021
• Avoid Making Headlines for the Wrong Reasons (appeared in RLA Magazine) August 4, 2021
• Summary of R2v3 August 4, 2021
• For alerts when new resources are added, click here to follow us on Linked In August 4, 2021
• Key Steps in the Certification Process July 20, 2021
• Growing demand for electronics… and ceramic components July 19, 2021
• Product Safety Plans July 16, 2021
• Is use of REC Categories & Tables required? July 6, 2021
• When evaluating for reuse, are Appendix C and QMS required? June 28, 2021
• Identifying Data Storage Devices [Core 6(a)(3)] June 28, 2021
• Steps for Developing Data Sanitization Plan & Procedures June 25, 2021
• What are the main cost drivers for an R2v3 audit? June 23, 2021
• Common Devices & Components that contain FMs and/or Data June 18, 2021
• PCBs (PolyChlorinated BiPheynyls) June 15, 2021
• Other locations or external processes to be included in Scope June 11, 2021
• Do all R2 facilities have to perform all R2 activities? June 11, 2021
• Transfer Process for Changing Certifying Bodies June 10, 2021
• What activities to include (and NOT include) in R2 Scope Statement June 10, 2021
• Changes in the Scope of Certification June 10, 2021
• Data Sanitization Audits and Training June 7, 2021
• Specialty Electronics: 1% limit in Core 6 vs. Appendix D June 4, 2021
• Data sanitization by downstream vendors June 4, 2021
• Verifying materials are received by downstream vendors June 4, 2021
• Verifying the entire downstream chain June 4, 2021
• Pollution liability insurance June 4, 2021
• Planned Returns defined in the REC June 3, 2021
• Purpose of REC June 3, 2021
• Identifying equipment with R2 equipment categories (REC) June 3, 2021
• R2 Controlled Streams June 3, 2021
• Definition of “qualified” employee in Core Requirement 3.(d)(9) June 3, 2021
• Other legal names & entities to include in Scope June 3, 2021
• Communicating list of non-R2 certified locations June 3, 2021
• How are Campus Facilities and Multi-Site certifications changing? May 13, 2021
• When will Guidance on R2v3 be released? May 13, 2021
• Data Sanitization Audits for Downstream Vendors March 31, 2021
• Basic Process Flow of REC March 25, 2021
• REC Applicability Examples March 25, 2021
• Electronics and the growing trend towards reuse and the circular economy March 2, 2021
• Stacking and Palletizing Monitors March 2, 2021
• Stacking and Palletizing Computers March 2, 2021
• Manuals For Computer Refurbishers March 2, 2021
• Computer Triage for Refurbishers March 2, 2021
• Testing the power supply March 2, 2021
• Repair Guides March 2, 2021
• What are the key changes in R2v3? March 2, 2021
• Using new search features to FIND AN R2 CERTIFIED FACILITY March 2, 2021
• Download R2 Standard / REC / Code of Practices March 2, 2021
• Register Your Downstream February 18, 2021
• Find a Consultant February 4, 2021
• Click Here to Submit Your Question January 30, 2021
• 1-R2 List of Activities January 14, 2021
• Table Test- January 11, 2021
• The R2 Standard and the new Circular Economy December 30, 2020
• Looking for bad capacitors December 28, 2020
• General Liability Insurance: Understanding the exclusions for recyclers & refurbishers December 7, 2020