QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY
Bass Computers, Inc. and Tarpon Technology, Inc. are committed to offering complete solutions to our customers. Operations consist of wholesale distribution of IT & CCTV equipment, IT asset disposal solutions, refurbishment, recycling & remarketing of IT equipment, and data destruction. We are committed to the principles of continuous improvement in safety, environmental protection, quality, productivity, cost, technology and delivery in order to provide the best quality products and services to our customers. In doing we strive to minimize waste and maximize our clients’ return on investment by utilizing cross-functional teams, defined goals and advanced planning techniques with clear and defined procedures for continuous improvement. We adhere to all EPA guidelines, state, and federal regulations, while also keeping to a no landfill policy.
Bass Computers, Inc. and Tarpon Technology, Inc. will maintain an QEHS management system in conformance with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018 and R2V3 standards.
Our goal is to make the quality, environment, health, and safety focuses of our business operations to ensure our facility and operations are in compliance obligations and for continual improvement throughout our industry.
We intend to achieve this by:
- Complying with all applicable environmental, health and safety laws, regulations, compliance obligations, along with all other requirements, including the Responsible Recycling (R2v3) Practices, as identified in the EHSMS
- Managing all material streams for maximum recovery under the reuse, recover and dispose hierarchy as set forth in the Responsible Recycling (R2v3) Practices to ensure all materials are processed with minimal environment impacts through both on-site activities and the selection of our downstream vendors
- Managing the R2v3 focus materials (FMs) that pass through our facility or control in a manner protective of the environment, workers’ health and safety, and public health while complying with all relevant regulations of countries importing equipment, components, or materials containing FMs
- Protecting the environment, preventing pollution, implementing safe technologies, and responding immediately to emergencies to minimize any adverse impacts
- Identifying and reducing the risks of all types of work activities that have the potential to cause personal injury or occupational illness
- Providing training and supervision to improve all employees’ understanding of workplace hazards, including safe work practices, emergency procedures, along with key environmental impacts and responsibilities of their work
- Ensuring that everyone (including visitors and contractors) complies with appropriate standards and workplace directions to protect their everyone’s health and safety as well as our environment
- Providing the framework to achieve environmental, safety and data objectives
- Committing to continual improvement of the EHS management system
This policy will be made available to the interested parties. Bass Computers, Inc. and Tarpon Technology, Inc. strive to improve continually by encouraging suggestions from our employees, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.