Transcript – WEEE Case Study University of Edinburgh – Procurement

WEEE Case Study –
University of Edinburgh
George Reid – Procurement
Fleur Rothwell – Energy &
Sustainability Office
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Our Objectives
• To make the purchasers and end users of
equipment aware of the WEEE Directive and of
our responsibilities and challenges
• To ensure that the suppliers who deliver to the
University have registered with a scheme (e.g.
Valpak) - only 30% done so to date
• To ensure that WEEE is disposed of at the
lowest cost to the University whilst conforming to
DoC / good practic
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Categories of WEEE
• Large and small
household appliances
• IT and telecoms,
mobiles
• Consumer equipment
• Lighting Equipment
• Electrical and
Electronic Tools
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• Toys, Leisure & sports
• Medical Devices
• Monitoring and
Control equipment
• Automatic Dispensers
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Key dates
• 1 April 07 date by which Compliance
Schemes register members with the
relevant Environmental Agencies
• 1 July 07 Producer financial obligations
start (start of compliance period)
• 31 December 07 end of the compliance
period
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Our Challenges
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Awareness of users/purchasers
No common inventory of items under £25k
Unauthorised / unregistered equipment
Unauthorised disposal methods (skip, charities)
• Disposal costs (who? / when?)
• Quantity and variety of WEEE
• Details of compliance schemes geographical
and space constraints
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Current Situation
• Policy for disposal of IT equipment
• Contracts in place:
– Annual for IT (and other non-refrig WEEE)
– Approved supplier for refrigeration items
– Annual contract for lamps
– Route for mobile phones (with cartridges)
• Procurement initiatives
• Guidance (via website, procurement /
waste networks)
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Current Situation
• IT equipment
– Annual spend of ~£10m on new IT equipment
– 57.9 tonnes disposed of (05-06) at cost of £11,750
– Increasing year on year
• Lamps
– quote of 15p extra per new lamp since 1-Jul-07
• Refrigeration equipment
– 4.6 tonnes disposed of (05-06) at cost of approx £2k
• Mobile phones
• Other, e.g. light fittings (no route previously), etc
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Procurement – Supplier Conditions
• Minimum quantities for “free uplift”
• One site uplift or “milk run”
• Inevitable involvement of resellers (e.g.
extra £££) for collection of small items
• Storage & segregation requirements
• Other logistical / security considerations?
• Different situation for historic / current
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Procurement – IT agreements
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Interregional Desktop Agreement (PC)
National Notebook Agreement (NNA)
National Apple Agreement
National Printer Agreement (NPG)
National Server Agreement
National Photocopier (MFD)
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Procurement – Standardisation
• Select PC (mini tender within IRDA)
• Select Laptop (mini-tender within NNA)
• Select Printer (mini-tender January 08)
• Add relevant clauses and questionnaires
on WEEE and ROHS eg (data collection)
manufacturer (product marking)
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Initial “Quick Wins” for UoE
• Extend policy to include all WEEE
• Keep contracts for historic WEEE
• Add more WEEE guidance to various websites
to catch the users at the various stages e.g.
purchase, specify, dispose
• Ensure all ITTs have specific clauses relating to
WEEE, ROHS
• Revist T&C’s with all suppliers not using IRDA,
NNA, Apple, NPG
• Use Waste Coordinators & Procurement groups
more to distribute key info
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Other Solutions
• Design posters / stickers for key notice
boards, restrooms etc
• Create wiki website for information /
document management
• Give supplier 1-5 rating on environmental
impact e.g. IT 1, travel 5 to enable choice
• Join the dots between purchase-usedispose, clear information flow
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Other issues
• How will WEEE response by supplier be
evaluated/scored?
• Should we use a common tool such as the
Greenpeace Barometer?
• Should we deal with producers who are
not part of a compliance scheme?
• What about resellers who charge for
collection (e.g. small items)?
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Useful websites
• http://weee.procureweb.ac.uk/useful_links.
html
• http://www.eaucwasteguide.org.uk/
• http://www.valpak.co.uk
• http://www.cupid.ac.uk
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