https://www.r2consultant.com/newsR2 Standard news from Paradygm Consultinghttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2026/10/24/nist-sp-800-88-revision-2-whats-changedhttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2026/10/24/nist-sp-800-88-revision-2-whats-changedSat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 (Sept 2025) vs Rev. 1: program focus, ISM, IEEE 2883, Clear single-pass, verification vs validation, and degaussing as purge.https://www.r2consultant.com/news/2021/4/11/we-dissected-nearly-100-devices-to-study-e-waste-what-we-found-is-alarminghttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2021/4/11/we-dissected-nearly-100-devices-to-study-e-waste-what-we-found-is-alarmingSun, 11 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000External research on U.S. e-waste teardowns: leaner waste by weight, low recycling rates, Li-ion risk—and what it means for R2 operators.https://www.r2consultant.com/news/2021/3/10/guide-to-electronics-destruction-operationshttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2021/3/10/guide-to-electronics-destruction-operationsSun, 11 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Key terms for electronics destruction operations: media vs data, data sanitization, physical destruction and how the R2 Standard uses each term.https://www.r2consultant.com/news/2020/7/4/r2v3-timeline-for-transitionhttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2020/7/4/r2v3-timeline-for-transitionSat, 04 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000How the move from R2:2013 to R2v3 ran, from the July 2020 release to the 30 June 2023 end of transition, with a link to the current R2v3 summary.https://www.r2consultant.com/news/2017/7/17/beware-of-fraudulent-r2-certificates-seri-sustainable-electronics-recycling-internationalhttps://www.r2consultant.com/news/2017/7/17/beware-of-fraudulent-r2-certificates-seri-sustainable-electronics-recycling-internationalMon, 17 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000Verify R2 certificates against SERI's recycler database. Spot altered docs, unapproved CBs, and logo misuse—and report issues to SERI.