Bob Akers on R2 vs e-Stewards or Neither

Jim Lynch

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Dec 10, 2021, 1:30:40 PM12/10/21

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Bob Akers just came out with a surprising op-ed in E-Scrap News on the two certification programs - on R2 vs e-Stewards. The surprise is that he finds them both obsolete. Bob Akers is former executive director of Kansas City based The Surplus Exchange and former enterprise director at e-Stewards.

Most interesting I thought.

https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2021/12/09/in-my-opinion-does-todays-industry-need-e-stewards-or-r2

-jim

Jim Lynch

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Dec 20, 2021, 12:13:59 PM12/20/21

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Just to close the loop on this, here's R2's Corey Dehmey's response to Bob Akers.

In My Opinion: R2 certification makes business sense

https://resource-recycling.com/e-scrap/2021/12/16/in-my-opinion-r2-certification-makes-business-sense

-jim

WR3A Robin

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Apr 4, 2022, 3:13:39 PM4/4/22

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I had visited Bob's Surplus Exchange in KC and was shocked when he joined E-Stewards. His thoughts about it are much more critical than the editors let him say in the op-ed, btw.

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