ITU Workshop on
“Environmentally Sound Management
of E-waste in Latin America”
(Quito, Ecuador, 13 August 2013)
“THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGISLATION REGARDING
WEEE MANAGEMENT: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
WITH MOBILE PHONES AND ANY OTHER
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
José Pérez García,
CEO Recyclia
Quito, Ecuador, 13 August 2013
The WEEE management challenge
Electrical and electronic devices are used more and more
and their obsolescent rhythms are increasingly fast:
A European citizen generates 14 kilos of "technological
trash" and this amount will double in 2017
Benefits derived from WEEE recycling:
Recovery of scarce and valuable raw material
Saving energetic and natural resources
Waste management to minimize the potential impact on the
environment and health, by adequately closing a life cycle of these
products.
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A case of success: Recyclia
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RECYCLIA is the environmental Platform that brings together the experience,
knowledge and human team of Integrated Management Systems.
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Under the legal form of Economic Interest Grouping (EIG), Recyclia is a non
profit organization that encompasses the following foundations:
Founded in 1998. The responsible response from the batteries and
accumulators sector to the need to adequately manage used batteries
and accumulators.
Founded in 1999.
Pioneering initiative of telephone and
communications equipment financed by the major manufacturers.
A case of success: Recyclia
Founded in 2002. Custom solution for computer equipments
promoted by the main manufacturers of the sector.
Founded in 2005. It allows the rest of manufacturers of electrical and
electronic equipments (IT, photography, healthcare, gaming machines,
surveillance and control, etc..) to comply with Royal Decree 208/2005
For over ten years, we contribute to the collection and responsible recycling of WEEE and
used batteries in Spain.
Origin of RECYCLIA
Trade Association – (ASIMELEC – AMETIC)
Spanish/Communitarian legislation – Obligatory nature
Initiative of Trade Association. Foundations
Foundations become independent from Trade Association
RECYCLIA
Change of approach
“Polluter pays” principle
Extended producer responsibility
Shared responsibility
Transfer of responsibility from the
Holder or the Administration
to the “Producer”
of the product
that becomes
waste at the end
of its useful life
Consumers
Economic agents
responsible for placing
products on the
market
New Role
Public Administrations
“Producer”= First commercial
agent (manufacturer,
importer, distributor)
‘Life Cycle Thinking’
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WEEE Legislation
Directive 2002/96/EC on
waste electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE)
RAEE
WEEE
 This kind of waste needs to
be collected and treated as
a separated flux
 The setting of collection
and recovery targets.
Directive 2002/95/EC on the
restriction of the use of certain
hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic
equipment
 Define the main obligations
for the differents agents
The Royal Decree 208/2005 in force since the 13th of august of
2005 is the transposition of both Directives (WEEE and ROHS) to
the Spanish legislation
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WEEE II Directive
Published on the 4th of July of 2012
Wider scope of WEEE types affected by the Directive, including fixed
installation (except large-scale fixed installations) and photovoltaic
panels.
It modifies the present classification based on the commercialization
(10 categories) in order to adapt it to the real collection categories (6
categories), after the 15th of august of 2018 (before adaptation period)
Temperature exchange equipment
Screens and monitors containing screens having a surface greater
than 100 cm2
Lamps
Large equipment (any external dimension more than 50 cm)
Small equipment (no external dimension more than 50 cm)
Small IT and telecommunication equipment (no external dimension
more than 50 cm)
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WEEE II Directive
More ambitious collection targets, after 2015:
From 2016: minimum collection rate to be achieved annually shall
be 45 % of the average weight of EEE placed on the market in the
three preceding years
From 2019: 65 % of the average weight of EEE placed on the
market in the three preceding years or alternatively 85 % of WEEE
generated.
More ambitious recovery targets and for all categories
It incorporates the concept of refurbishment but without setting a
specific target
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ROHS II DIRECTIVE
Directive 2011/65/EU of 8 June 2011 that regulates the restriction of the
use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment:
Hexavalent chromium (0,1 %)
Lead (0,1 %)
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) (0,1 %)
Mercury (0,1 %)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)(0,1%)
Cadmium (0,01 %)
It complements the previous Directive 2002/95/CE (RoHs)
In force since the 1st of January of 2013 for the products already included
in the original norm.
Grants a transitions period for the newly included products (medical
devices and monitoring and control instruments)
Transposition to the Spanish law: Royal Decree 219/2013 of 23th of march
of 2013
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Advantages of an Integrated Management System
Several producers decide to join efforts to organize waste management.
Collective System.
Facilitates delivery of waste by users in collection points for that purpose,
regardless of brands.
All economical agents involved (producers, distributors, recyclers, users
and Administration) take part in the System.
Costs optimization.
Economies of scale thanks to the volume of waste management.
Unique voice before Administrations.
The mission of an IMS
TO ORGANIZE selective collection schemes appropriate to the different
flows of electronic waste and used batteries.
TO SAFEGUARD the availability of waste delivery points in order to bring
closer the selective collection to the home, professional and industrial user.
TO ENSURE the environmentally optimal management of waste selectively
collected.
To RAISE AWARENESS among home users as well as the professional and
industrial sectors on the importance of selective waste collection and
recycling, as well as the importance of their collaboration.
The mission of an IMS
HELPS producers to fulfill their responsibility, who delegate to IMS’s the
fulfillment of their obligations.
By fulfilling his financial obligations, the producer is relieved of all
responsibility.
The financing of IMS’s
Exclusive responsibility of the Producer
Producer’s Financial Contribution (PFC)
Formula:
Structural Costs + Operational expenditure (Transport) + Recycling costs (Plant) + Communication = PFC
Number of units placed on the market
The context of WEEE and spent batteries management in Spain
Spanish Register of EEE producers (REI-RAEE)
Spanish Register of Batteries Producers (REI-RPA)
Public consultation of registered companies (2.000) and brands.
Information on invoices on registration numbers mandatory.
Web-based platform www.minetur.es
- MEMBERS’ REGISTRATION
QUARTERLY ALLOCATION OF
MARKET SHARES FOR EACH
PRODUCER ON B2C APPLIANCES
COMMERCIALISED
- QUARTERLY SUBMISSION OF
INFORMATION
Regional Governments
(Autonomous Communities,
competent bodies on waste
management)
Logistic partners
Authorise
Compliance schemes
Annual report
on
WEEE/batteries
managed
Contract
Web-based platform
QUARTERLY DECLARATIONS:
FINANCIAL FLOW:
-EEE commercialised in kgs per
category and type of equipment
- Membership fee
- Quarterly contribution (per kg sold)
- Batteries sold in units and grams
per type of battery
Producers
Treatment plants
Municipal collection
points
Entrusted with WEEE/spent batteries
management under collective system’s
supervision and Regional Governments
authorisation as waste managers
RECYCLIA’s achievements
More than 900 member companies.
More than 26,000 collection points deployed throughout Spain.
More than 100,000 tons of waste managed.
Recovery/recycling ratio of 77%, clearly over targets foreseen in
the legislation
Creation of specific networking collection adapted to domestic
channel as well as to professional and industrial sectors.
Direct dialogue and negotiation with relevant authorities at
national and regional level.
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Managed Waste : WEEE
During 2012, the WEEE Foundations managed more than 15 million kilograms;
10% more than in 2011.
Reaching collection and valorization ratios much higher than those established by
the law.
01. Grandes electrodomésticos
02. Pequeño electrodoméstico
03. Informática y telecomunicaciones
More than 90,000 tons
managed from 2001
3%
04. Electrónica de consumo
18%
06. Herramientas eléctricas
07. Juguetes o equipos deportivos
12%
64%
08. Aparatos médicos
09. Instrumentos de vigilancia y
control
10. Máquinas expendedoras
9%
33%
Ecoasimelec
58%
Ecofimática
Tragamóvil
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Our deployment
RECYCLIA’s Environmental Foundations have a wide waste
collection network throughout Spain:
More than 25,000 “Recopiladores” of batteries and
accumulators.
830 containers “Tragamóvil”.
700
collection
points
within
Ecofimática’s
distributors.
2,700 municipal waste collection points (Waste
facilities, public centers...).
2,300 waste collection points throughout the
distribution (malls, stores…).
2,000 waste collection points associated to specific
operatives related to the professional and
industrial sector (i.e. industrial batteries, gaming
machines,
electro-medical,
surveillance
and
control or ATMs, etc.).
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Our operational model
National coverage for WEEE and used batteries collection from
domestic, industrial and professional origin.
Custom collection in areas with significant stockpiles of waste
Network of Temporary Waste Storage Facilities (TWSF) for the
delivery and consolidation of small stockpiles of waste.
Collaboration agreements with logistic agents as well as treatment
plants specialized in WEEE and batteries recycling.
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Recyclia’s communication actions
In Recyclia, we consider awareness and environmental education
as one of the foundations of our business.
In this sense, during all these years we have launched several
campaigns, within the following areas:
Elaboration of informative materials: brochures,
guides, etc…
Participation
in
forums,
seminars,
lectures,
conferences and other events of interest
Broadcasting and relationship with the media
through interviews, reports, technical articles and
participation in trade or specialized fairs.
Specific communication campaigns.
Several in-house printed and online publications:
Econews and electronic newsletters.
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Communication and awareness actions I
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Communication and awareness actions II
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Social Commitment
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TRAGAMOVIL
Non-profit organization, Tragamovil activity
started in 2001 as a pilot experience in 2001
The Tragamovil pilot project obtained the best
evaluation possible in the history of LIFE
Program (45 points out of 45)
Constituted on the 17th of July of 2003 as a
collective system specialized in separate
collection and recycling of waste mobile phone,
the initiative is supported by the main
manufacturers and retailers
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TRAGAMOVIL
Tragamovil has currently over 1000 collection points all over
Spain, in which mobile phone end-users can deposit their
obsolete or end-of-life mobile phones (technical service
centers, department stores, local and municipal entities,
universities, etc.)
Since the launching of the Tragamovil Initiative more than
5.470.000 kg. of mobile phone waste has been recovered,
which would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.
Over the last years Tragamovil has participated in multiple
congress, fairs, meetings, etc. at national and international
level.
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Thanks for your attention!
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@ecopilas
https://www.facebook.com/EcopilasFundacion
www.ecofimatica.es
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www.ecoasimelec.es
www.tragamovil.es