DfE Assessment Tool
R10, HQ
e-Design workshop,
Best practices for local
govt. R9
Sustainable
Electronics Design
Challenge HQ
DFE
LeadFree
Solder
project
HQ
DFE
Computer
Display
project HQ
Greening
Electronics
Fact sheet
HQ
NEPSI
(Consumer &
Small Biz
focus) HQ
Federal
Electronics
Challenge: EOL
R10, R5, HQ
TCLP
Testing of
Electronic
Compone
nts
R4/R5
BFR Roundtable
w/stakeholdersdiscussion of design
thru disposition R9
Return to the Electronic
Stewardship Page
WEPSI (NW Focus
Multi Stakeholder
Group) R10
Thermal
Treatment of
Electronics
Waste
HQ-ORD
Electronics Mgmt/Recycling
Wkshp & Collection Event R4
ECycling
Project
R3
Plug Into
Recycling
Campaign
HQ
E-Recycling Toolkit
for Communities R7
Govt.
Procurement
Guide for EPP
Computers R1
Federal Electronics Challenge:
Purchasing R10, R5, HQ
Eco-industrial
park/demfg. of
used
electronics,
modeling costs
HQ, PAZ
Nat’l Electronics Mgmt &
Compliance Assist. Workshops R4
Electronics Life Cycle
EPP for Electronic
Products R10
Guidelines
for
electronics
for CA
agencies R9
Federal
Electronics
Stewardship
Working Group
HQ, OFEE
Old
Materials
become new
feedstock
Proposed
CRT Rule
HQ
Evaluation of
Cell phone
reuse programs
R2
Reused Electronics
Market Study R1
Testing plastics from
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used electronics R5
Nat’l Electronics Product
Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI)
 Goal is “the development of a system, which includes
a viable financing mechanism, to maximize the
collection, reuse, and recycling of used electronics,
while considering appropriate incentives to design
products that facilitate source reduction, reuse and
recycling; reduce toxicity; and increase recycled
content.”
 Stakeholders: State/Local Govts., Manufacturers,
Electronic Industries Alliance, Non-profits, Recyclers,
Retailers
 www.nepsi.org
 Contact: Clare Lindsay, HQ
(703.308.7266 - lindsay.clare@epa.gov)
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Western Electronics Product
Stewardship Initiative (WEPSI)
 Agreement signed August 2002
 Characteristics and features of a sustainable
product stewardship system
 Highlights activities that govt., industry and nonprofits in the West can take to catalyze market and
infrastructure development for product
stewardship
 Stakeholders: R9, R10, State/Local Govts.,
Manufacturers, Non-profits
 www.wepsi.org
 Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10
(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)
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Federal Electronics
Stewardship Working Group
 Signed Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) to cooperatively develop a cohesive
national strategy
 to increase demand for “greener” electronic
products
 address end-of-life management issues
 Partners: Office of the Federal Environmental
Executive (OFEE), CEQ, DOD, DOE, EPA,
DOI, USPS
 Currently supporting the Federal Electronics
Challenge
 Contact: Juan Lopez, OFEE
(202.564.9288 - lopez.juan@epa.gov)
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Brominated Flame Retardants
Roundtable
 Conference & Stakeholder Meeting held in
September 2002
 Partners: EPA, CDC, State/local govts., Nonprofits, Manufacturers, Electronics mfg.
 www.greenstart.org/efc9
 Contact: Eileen Sheehan, R9
(415.972.3287 – sheehan.eileen@epa.gov)
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e-Design workshop, Best
practices for local govt.
 Goal: Promote sustainable manufacturing and
disposal practices in the high tech industry
 Partners: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition,
Materials for Future Foundation and Industrial
Designers Society of America
 Project includes
 Partnership-building with Industrial Design
Community
 E-waste Forum on Foreign Exports (local govt. &
communities)
 Model Policy Development for Local Government
 Contact: Adrienne Priselac, R9
(415.972.3285 - priselac.adrienne@epa.gov)
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DfE Assessment Tool
 Design for Environment assessment tool for
electronic products using a multi-stakeholder
process
 Similar to the LEEDS system with tiers of
achievement
 Partners: Zero Waste Alliance, Rifer
Environmental, EPA OPPT/OSW
 Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10
(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)
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Sustainable Electronics
Design Challenge
 Goal: To motivate electronics designers and manufacturers to
fundamentally re-think electronics design and to create
sustainable products for the long term
 Green Blue Institute will create a set of ambitious design criteria
for future electronics products, focusing on
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redesigning the products of the future
address life cycle impacts of electronics
promote development of sustainable products
Designers and industry players will be formally challenged to meet
criteria in visionary future products
 Judging panel will identify winning submissions by late 2003
 Partners: Designers, manufacturers, public and private
stakeholders
 Contact: Marie Boucher, HQ
(703.308.8754 – boucher.marie@epa.gov)
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DfE Lead-Free Solder project
 Life-cycle assessment of tin-lead and lead-free
alternative solders for informed industry choices
about lead-free solders, moving away from tin-lead
solder in the next few years
 Goal definition and scoping phase completed
 Collection of life-cycle inventory data by February 2003,
Draft LCA report in May 2003, Final LCA in August 2003
 Partners: Electronic Industries Alliance, IPC (printed
wiring board trade association), the Univ. TN Center
for Clean Products and Clean Technologies,
Electronics/Solder mfg., Silicon Valley Toxics
Coalition
 Contact: Kathy Hart, HQ
(202.564.8787 – hart.kathy@epa.gov)
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DfE Computer Display project
 Final Life-cycle assessment of impacts published December 2001
 associated with cathode-ray tube (CRT) and liquid crystal display (LCD)
monitors
 CRT monitor has greater impacts than the LCD monitor in all but two impact
categories (eutrophication and aquatic toxicity)
 Can lessen LCD environmental impacts by
 Reducing energy consumption during manufacture
 Cutting back on the use of chemicals that pose aquatic toxicity risks
or that contribute to global warming (e.g., sulfur hexafluoride)
 Eliminating the use of mercury
 LCD manufacturers working toward improving the environmental profile
of their displays
 Partners: Electronic Industries Alliance, IPC, the University of
Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, original
electronic equipment and component manufacturers and suppliers, the
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
 www.epa.gov/oppt/dfe/pubs/comp-dic
 Contact: Kathy Hart, HQ
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(202.564.8787 – hart.kathy@epa.gov)
Greening Electronics
Factsheet
 Gives federal procurement officials info on the
purchasing of electronic equipment
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Environmental and Health Concerns
EnergyStar® sample contract language
Green Purchase Model Criteria and Contract
Success Stories, Contacts and Resources
 Timeline: Originally published in 5/02, undergoing
internal/stakeholder review, revised fact sheets
available by 3/03
 Partners: EPA EPP team document with internal and
external stakeholder review
 Contact: Chris Kent, HQ
(202.564.8842 - kent.christopher@epa.gov)
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Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing for Electronic
Products
 Develop the Green Purchasing Guide and
host the www.productstewardship.net website
with lots of information.
 Support "green" purchasing of Electronic
products, especially within the public sector
 Partners: Northwest Product Stewardship
Council, (See web site for full list of
participating agencies)
 Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10
(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)
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Govt. Procurement Guide to Purchasing
Environmentally Preferable Computers
 Targeted to state/local govt. procurement
officials
 Covering Environmental Health & Safety issues,
identify EPP strategies to reduce impacts, how to
start EPP program for computers
 Partners: created by Product Stewardship
Institute
 NERC, SVTC, Full Circle Environmental
 MA, state/local govts, City of Denver
 EIA, TCO, IBM, Apple
 Contact: Chris Beling, R1
(617.918.1792 - beling.christine@epa.gov)
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Guidelines for electronics for
CA agencies
To be completed by summer 2003
Partners: Green Seal, California
Integrated Waste Management Board
Contact: Adrienne Priselac, R9
(415.972.3285 - priselac.adrienne@epa.gov)
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Federal Electronics Challenge
 Will develop a hierarchy of options that
federal organizations can implement to
 make greener purchasing decisions
 better manage their electronic assets and
 Project will recognize both the economic and
environmental impacts of federally owned
electronic equipment.
 Partners: OFEE, EPA R5/R9/R10/HQ,
Federal Network for Sustainability
 Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10
(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)
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Reused Electronics Market
Study
 Study of Reused Electronics Market
Sustainability in New England
 Surveying vendors involved with the reuse of
computers and TVs to determine the
economic viability and sustainability of this
aspect of used electronics management
 Survey ongoing, completion date Spring 2003
 Partners: Northeast Recycling Council
 www.nerc.org/currentprojects.html#9
 Contact: Chris Beling, R1
(617.918.1792 - beling.christine@epa.gov)
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Testing plastics from used
electronics
 Testing high-end reuse of engineering
plastics from used electronic products
 Identify barriers & opportunities to recycling
plastics from used electronic products in the
manufacture of new electronic products. The
project seeks to advance the establishment of
closed-loop recycling for engineering plastics
 Partners: MN, WI, IL, Sony, etc.
 Contact: Jason Swift, R5
(312.886.0754 – swift.jason@epa.gov)
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Evaluation of Cell phone
reuse programs
 Goal: to study the effectiveness of selected
cell phone donation and take-back programs
 Determine how their value is recaptured and how
collected phones are ultimately managed at endof-life
 Assess the environmental benefits of these
programs
 Partners: INFORM
 Funded as EPA Innovations Pilot
 Contact: Lorraine Graves, R2
(212.637.4099 - graves.lorraine@epa.gov)
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E-Recycling Toolkit for
Communities
 Toolkit for communities planning electronics
recycling events developed from Midwest
Electronics Recycling conference (2001)
 Tool-kit will be completed Winter 02/03
 Partners: NE State Recycling Association
 Contact: Dave Flora, R7
(913.551.7523 - flora.david@epa.gov)
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ECycling project
 Goal: to develop an economically and
environmentally sustainable collection, reuse,
and recycling system for electronics
 sharing responsibility among business (electronics
manufacturers and retailers), government, and
consumers.
 Partners:
 DE, MD, WV, VA, PA
 Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Envirocycle Inc., Waste
Management Asset Recovery Group, Elemental
Inc., Electronic Industries Alliance
 Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia.
 www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/eCyclingwaste.htm
 Contact: Claudette Reed, R3
(215.814.2997 – reed.claudette@epa.gov)
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Plug Into Recycling Campaign
 Goal: Increase the number of used electronics safely
collected and recycled nationwide by
 educating consumers on why it’s important and motivating
them to visit new and existing collection events across the
US
 Consumer awareness campaign linked to electronics
recycling events around Earth Day 2003, launch at
the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2003
 Partners: Manufacturers, retailers, states, locals,
feds, and non-profits.
 Contact: Kathy Kaplan, HQ
(703.308.8659 - kaplan.katharine@epa.gov)
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Electronics Mgmt/Recycling
Workshop & Collection Event
 Mobile, Alabama
 Collection event was a 'hands-on' training
event for the workshop participants
 Workshop attended by 30 AL state and local
officials and was followed by a 2-day
collection event for public, area businesses
 Contact: Pam Swingle, R4
(404.562.8482 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)
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National Electronics Mgmt &
Compliance Assistance Workshops
 Discussed regulatory/compliance issues,
policies, markets, and needs of regulated
community
 Over 100 participants at each workshop
 First in Denver - July 2002
 Second in Atlanta – September 2002
 Organized by Southern Waste Information
eXchange
 Contact: Pam Swingle, R4
(404.562.8482 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)
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TCLP Testing of Electronic
Components
 Testing whole computer (CPU), keyboards,
and peripherals for 8 RCRA metals, inc. Lead
 Using Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure
 To identify toxicity issues for electronics
beyond the Cathode Ray Tubes (monitors)
 Partners: Regions 4 and 5 funded research at
the University of Florida
 Contact: Pam Swingle, R4
(404.562.8482 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)
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Thermal Treatment of
Electronics Waste
 Goal: To evaluate emissions from low and high temperature
thermal processing of e-waste
 Laboratory and pilot-scale experimental program
 Low temperature processing simulates roasting operation
 High temperature processing simulates municipal waste
combustor
 Variables of interest
 Partitioning of metals between bottom ash and fly ash
 Leachability of metals from bottom ash and fly ash
 Formation of organic air toxics (e.g., dioxins and furans,
brominated products of incomplete combustion)
 Currently funded through ORD/NRMRL exploratory research
grant
 Looking for partners
 Contact: Eric Stewart, ORD
(919-541-3684 - stewart.eric@epa.gov)
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Eco-industrial park/electronics
demanufacturing
 Congressional earmark to construct an eco-industrial
park in the Parkersburg, WV area
 To dismantle used electronics and manufacturing
new products using the plastics obtained from this
recycling
 Polymer Alliance Zone doing economic and business
modeling on how to collect, transport and recycle
used electronics
 Partners: PAZ, DOE
 Contact: Clare Lindsay, HQ
(703.308.7266 - lindsay.clare@epa.gov)
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Proposed CRT Rule
 Status of CRTs (product - waste)
 Households, small generators, intended
reuse/repair = not regulated
 Streamlined requirements for glass
processors
 Haz waste rules apply if landfilled or
incinerated
 Final Rule in May 2004
 Contact: Marilyn Goode, HQ
(703.308.8800 - goode.marilyn@epa.gov)
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