Transcript Revision of the Waste Framework Directive

Collection, Treatment and Recovery
of E-waste in Germany
Dr. Thomas Rummler
Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Workshop on
the management of E-waste
IFAT China
24 september 2008
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
European Union 27
 491 mio. inhabitants
 241 Mt municipal waste
 ~ 7 Mt E-waste
 ~ 5% increasing p.a.
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
high tech evolution
 growing population
 increasing demand for EEE
 booming electronic- and IT-industries
 briefer product life cycles of EEE
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
high tech waste –
no tech treatment
 increasing amount of WEEE
 risk of illegal waste shipment
 hazardous substances may damage
natural resources and human health
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
High recovery potential
 valuable secondary raw material
 conservation of primary resources
 release pressure on price of raw materials
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Objectives in the European Union
 6th Environment Action Programme
significant reduction in
• waste volumes generated
• quantity of waste going to disposal
decoupling of waste generation from economic growth
 Thematic Strategy on Prevention and Recycling
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
RoHS
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WEEE
Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
WEEE Directive
RoHS Directive
 collection systems for WEEE
 restricts the use of certain hazardous
 Extended Producer Responsibility
substances in electronic equipment
• lead, mercury, cadmium
• hexavalent chromium (Cr6+)
• polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
• polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)
 separate collection of household WEEE
of min. 4 kg/ capita
 selective treatment requirements
 recycling/recovery quotas 50% - 80%
as per appliance
 medical devices, monitoring and control
instruments have temporary exclusions
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Implementation of
WEEE in Germany
 82
mio. inhabitants
 46
Mt municipal waste
 1.8 Mt EEE
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Quantity of WEEE in Germany 2006 (tons)
Automatic Dispensers
Monitoring and control instruments
treated outside member state
treated in member state
Medical devices
total weee collected
collected other then from private household
collected from private household
toys, leisure and sports equipment
put on the market
electrical and electronic tools
gas discharge lamps
Lighting equipment
Consumer equipment
IT and telecommunications
equipment
small household appliances
Large household appliances
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100.000
200.000
300.000
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, 2005
 Registration by producer before putting EEE on the market
 B2B-equipment
• producer has to offer take back-possibilities for WEEE to the user
• other arrangements between producer and user are possible
 B2C-equipment
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municipalities have to collect B2C-equipment form private households
collection target: 4 kg per capita
producer has to pick-up WEEE from the municipalities free-of-charge
producer is responsible for treatment, recycling, recovery
producer has to report quantities brought on the market („market-share“)
producer has to give a financing guarantee for disposal costs in case of
insolvency
• producers are responsible for historical WEEE collectively
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Collection by municipality
(1)
large household
appliances
and
automatic dispensers
(3)
IT-, telecommunicationand consumer equipment
(4)
gas discharge lamps
(5)
small household appliances,
lighting equipment,
electrical/electronic tools,
(2)
toys, leisure, sports equipment,
cooling devices
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monitoring/control instruments
Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Clearing-House
 registration of producers
 proof of producer‘s financial guarantee for disposal costs
 centralized pick-up coordination
• municipality reports to clearing house if a WEEE-container is full
• clearing-house has to coordinate under competition framework that
producers take over „their part“ of waste equipment
• clearing-house calculates the mass and the regional allocation of
producer‘s responsibility in relation to their market-share of each particular
product category
• clearing-house gives order to pick-up the container from collection point
 centralized documentation and monitoring
• clearing-house collects all datas about collection, recycling, recovery by
producers
• clearing-house transmits these datas to competent authority
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Decentralized disposal services
 producers are obliged to contract disposal services
individually
 producers may cooperate in collective return systems
under conditions of competitive framework
 cooperative return systems must satisfy anti-trust
regulations
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Treatment, recovery and recycling
 Selective treatment for certain materials and components in
accordance with Annex II of WEEE
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remove all liquids
treatment of radioactive substances
dealing of PCB-containing components
separation of screen and cone glass from picture tubes
 State of the art
• technical requirements, different for collection + transport + treatment
• listed in Guidelines for the enforcement (LAGA-Merkblatt)
• layd down in licenses for facilities
 Recovery and recycling quotas in accordance with quotas of
WEEE
 Documentation by independent experts
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Recovery + Recycling Quotas
legal requirements for:
Recovery
Recycling
large household appliances
by an average weight per appliance
80 %
75 %
IT-, telecommunication- and consumer equipment
by weight of the appliances
75 %
65 %
small household appliances; lighting equipment; electrical
and electronic tools; toys, leisure and sports equipment;
monitoring and control instruments; automatic dispensers
by an average weight per appliance
70 %
50 %
gas discharge lamps
by weight of the lamps
80 %
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Recovery- and Recycling-Rates
Germany 2006 - in % to collection 64,0
Automatic Dispensers
94,4
58,9
Monitoring and control instruments
69,1
81,9
Medical devices
95,1
69,5
toys, leisure and sports equipment
82,7
69,9
electrical and electronic tools
84,0
95,4
95,7
gas discharge lamps
88,2
Lighting equipment
100,0
77,6
Consumer equipment
94,9
77,8
IT and telecommunications equipment
95,3
67,2
small household appliances
91,6
84,0
Large household appliances
91,0
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Recovery rate
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Recycling rate
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany
Collection, Treatment and Recovery
of E-waste in Germany
Thank you very much for your attention!
further Informations on
www.bmu.de
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Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany