CHWMEG, Inc.

WHAT MEMBERS
ARE SAYING ABOUT
CHWMEG:
“CHWMEG keeps ahead of our company’s global
growth with informative conferences and monthly
focused group discussions on key issues.”
“Consistent format, risk management modeling, low
cost, high quality reviews, one small package: CHWMEG
provides everything we were looking for to meet our
stewardship/due diligence needs for our spent
materials (from our production byproducts and also
our end-of-life product stewardship)”
“CHWMEG offers its members an invaluable, costeffective, unbiased tool to evaluate supplier/vendor
performance, along with a means to network with
other program managers.”
“CHWMEG’s facility review program is a great, costeffective way for us to supplement our existing facility
review program.”
“CHWMEG facility reviews of spent electronic
processing facilities provide important information for
the implementation of our stewardship program.”
Worldwide Headquarters:
470 William Pitt Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA
Tel: +1 (412) 826-3055 Fax: +1 (586) 461-1856
administrator@chwmeg.org
Asia-Pacific Support:
Singapore Land Tower
37th Floor
50 Raffles Place
Singapore 048623
Tel: +65 9237 8445 Fax: +65 6829 7070
asia-pacific@chwmeg.org
Europe Support:
Warsaw Financial Centre - 11th Floor
Emilii Plater 53
Warsaw 00-113
Poland
Tel: +48 60 733 9012 Fax: +48 22 528 6701
europe@chwmeg.org
www.chwmeg.org
CHWMEG…
• Is a non-profit trade association comprised of
manufacturers and other enterprises that inherently
result in the generation of “spent materials”
• Members are customers of suppliers providing
treatment, processing, storage, recycle, refurbish,
regeneration, reclamation, transport, and disposal
services.
• Promotes responsible stewardship of
manufactured and produced wastes, recyclables,
and end-of-life products
• Assists member companies’ operations with the
creation, development, and implementation of their
corporate supplier management program addressing
risks from “Polluter Pays” and similar EU directives
and similar national schemes elsewhere
• Supports “due diligence” programs related to
liability associated with produced wastes
• Conducts no-cost/low-cost meetings allowing for
networking with peers and pursuit of “best in class”
corporate environmental stewardship strategies
• Provides for substantial cost savings opportunities
to members (individual cost savings of over US$1
million are documented; cumulative savings exceeds
US$27 million)
• Augments members’ existing programs and helps
them to conserve valuable resources
Providing members with
comprehensive facility/
supplier information
(processors of spent
electronics goods) on a
shared-cost basis
• Assists new members with their low-cost creation
and development of previously non-existent waste
and spent materials stewardship programs
• Provides timely interim information updates on
the status of suppliers of spent material services
• Addresses global needs where member interest
warrants while respecting more localized needs at
commensurate cost
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CHWMEG provides a forum for eligible organizations
to create, strengthen, and augment their existing risk
management/ environmental stewardship programs.
CHWMEG accomplishes this by facilitating a recycling
and waste processing facility review program using
CHWMEG’s proprietary protocol, by disseminating
timely information to its members, and through its
periodic meetings.
Third-party management of manufacturing and
production wastes and other “spent materials” can
be your company’s greatest environmental risk. Yet
the challenges and costs of due diligence and
environmental stewardship continue to expand.
Conducting comprehensive reviews of these key
suppliers’ facilities and closely monitoring the status
of these “previously-approved” service providers are
necessary activities, can become an increasing
burden on vital and limited resources.
CHWMEG, Inc. (CHWMEG) was formed by visionary
companies in 1985 to address this very problem.
CHWMEG is a nonprofit association of enterprises
that are globally focused on the stewardship and risk
management associated with spent materials and
production wastes.
CHWMEG assists member
companies in assessing and minimizing their business
risk associated with the management of
manufacturing related wastes and spent materials.
A key advantage of membership in CHWMEG is
access to in-depth information concerning thirdparty waste handling/recycling facilities. CHWMEG’s
facility review reports are recognized as “best
environmental
management
practice”
by
environmental managers, risk managers, and
corporate legal counsel world-wide. CHWMEG’s
reports represent the lowest cost option for
obtaining comprehensive and objective information.
CHWMEG reports include comparison of facility
information against benchmarks and a proprietary
Risk Assessment System (RAS). The RAS is designed
to quantify information so members can better
evaluate facility operations and characterize relative
environmental risk by industry-recognized potential
exposure pathways (groundwater, surface water, air
releases, and fire risk).
CHWMEG conveys timely information via its website
and through periodic dissemination of news items to
the membership. Events concerning these suppliers
of recycling and treatment/disposal services are
highlighted in these updates. This assists member
company representatives in monitoring the status of
these facilities and the impact on their company’s
activities. In times of dwindling resources, this allows
member companies to focus attention on adding
value to their productive activities.
CHWMEG’s meetings address important and timely
topics such as how enterprises manage their waste
vendor review and approval programs, events
affecting manufacturers’ waste management program
requirements, and impacts on the waste
management industry or individual facilities and how
these impacts may affect manufacturers.
Member companies represent industries including
consumer goods manufacturers; automobiles;
petroleum; chemical; and pharmaceuticals. As well,
educational and research institutions and individual
government installations are eligible for membership.
CHWMEG’s membership represents a cross-section of
the leading corporations in the world providing a
unique opportunity to pursue “best-in-class”
program management and significant cost savings.
Reflecting the expansion of the needs of CHWMEG’s
members, the CHWMEG facility review program
scope has expanded beyond North America to
address the U.K. and Europe, Latin America, and the
Asia Pacific regions.
To learn how membership in CHWMEG can be an
effective asset to your company’s program, see the
website at http://www.chwmeg.org or call +1 (412)
826-3055 in the United States; +65 9237 8445 in
Australia/Asia; and +48 60 733 9012 in Europe.
A NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION GLOBALLY PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE WASTE STEWARDSHIP
Worldwide HQ: 470 William Pitt Way • Pittsburgh, PA 15238 USA • Tel: +1 (412) 826-3055 • Fax: +1 (586) 461-1856 • administrator@chwmeg.org
Asia-Pacific Support: Singapore Land Tower • 37th Floor, 50 Raffles Place • Singapore 048623 • Tel: +65 9237 8445 • Fax: +65 6829 7070 • asia-pacific@chwmeg.org
Europe Support: Warsaw Financial Centre - 11th Floor • Emilii Plater 53 • 00-113 Warsaw Poland • Tel: +48 60 733 9012 • Fax: +48 22 528 6701 • europe@chwmeg.org
www.chwmeg.org