Dive summary:

• In recent months the EPA has collected pledges from the top electronics manufacturers in the U.S. to meet a new standard of e-waste recycling and openness.
• The proposal asks companies to use only electronics recyclers that are certified by either R2 or e-Stewards as well as to share their recycling data with the EPA and the public.
• Participating companies include: Best Buy Co. Inc., LG Electronics, Panasonic Corp., Samsung Electronics, Sharp Electronics Corp., Sprint Nextel Corp., Staples Inc., Dell Inc., Sony Corp. of America and Nokia; however Apple and HP have rejected the challenge.

From the article:

Despite not signing on, both Apple and HP have extensive recycling programs.

HP has a partnership with challenge partner Staples, which takes electronics from consumers and forwards it to an R2 certified recycler.

Chris Librie, director of environmental initiatives for HP, said the company works solely with recyclers that are R2 certified. ...