Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” Paris, 18 September 2012 The Complexity of the E-waste Problem Flavio CUCCHIETTI – Telecom Italia TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI The e-waste problem TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 1 Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” TELECOM ITALIA GROUP | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI The e-waste problem Photo: SayantanBera/CSE ©2009 Basel Action Network (BAN) Photo: Alex Hofford TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 2 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI The best way to deal with e-waste is … … avoid (or at least minimize) it! From the manufacturing phase through: E-waste conscious design Avoid use of heavy pollutants Minimization on the use of resources Regulations and standards During the life of equipment Prolonging its lifetime Designing for reuse/multiple use At end of life Designing for easy disassembly TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 3 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization Environmentally conscious companies have e-waste minimization programmes in place but: Such programmes are difficult to set up and manage The extra cost can discourage them As individual companies they can have little impact Need to create critical mass and act soon Regulation is complex and takes long time The ICT Sector should move up Standardization can fill the gap and lead the market TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 4 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization An example the external power supply (EPS) Market loudly demands for interoperable, reusable and longer life equipment Volume produced is enormous (>4Billion/year) It is about 1 million tons of electronic equipment It could correspond to an 1000km queue of trucks full op EPSs TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 5 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization The ITU/GeSI report “An Energy-aware Survey on ICT Device Power Supplies” gives relevant information on the problem and on the improvement opportunities http://www.itu.int/ITUT/climatechange/reportict-device.html TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 6 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization Use of resources and evaluation of future e-waste can be based upon the weight of the EPSs • Huge weight differences among same class EPSs • Need and opportunity to improve Aligning them with the best (lightest) in the corresponding category could reduce the use of resources (and e-waste) by 300 thousand tons per year TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 7 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization Availability of standardized EPSs would avoid unnecessary production of billions elements per year The report estimates potential e-waste reduction of 600 thousand tons per year Further reduction is expected as the Recommendation includes requirements on: longer life duration electrical strength weight limits TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 8 Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” TELECOM ITALIA GROUP | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Avoid/minimize through standardization Environmental analysis Global Warming potential (GWP) Figure 62: Low Power PSU GWP results Figure 63: Medium Power PSU GWP results. Figure 64: High Power PSU GWP results. GWP [kg CO2 eq/p] GWP [kg CO2 eq/p] GWP [kg CO2 eq/p] 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 19 302 31 301 0 63 70 60 52 42 53 15 3 EPSs of the same category have quite different GWP Another opportunity for improvement! TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 9 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Another example – The ADSL access gateway (AG) From 2009, Telecom Italia established strict environmental requirements on AGs (market of millions pieces): Energy efficiency Recycled and recyclable plastics No use of blends No chlorinated No brominated Easy dismantling TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 10 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI Work in progress Life cycle thinking is becoming common rule in companies and in standardization In 2011 ITU-T standardized charger” (L.1000) the Standardization of External Power equipment is advancing in ITU-T SG5 “Universal Supply mobile for fixed Next meeting (and hopefully finalization ) next October in Geneva It will enable huge savings and e-waste avoidance The best way to deal with e-waste is … … avoid (or at least minimize) it! TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 11 TELECOM ITALIA GROUP Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem” | Renato Scotti <renato.scotti@telecomitalia.it> Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI THANK YOU flavio.cucchietti@telecomitalia.it Report: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/report-ict-device.html TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC 12