Producer Council

1. New Dutch WEEE collection: the new multi-system set-up Collective WEEE NL Other collectives … Societies Browngood, Whitegood, etc. Collective RTA Collective WECYCLE Monitoring Council Producer Council Society of Social Responsible Tasks National Register recyclers ……………………………… producers ………………………………..

2. New Dutch WEEE collection: multisystem of collective schemes Collective WEEE NL Other collectives … Societies Browngood, Whitegood, etc. Collective RTA Collective WECYCLE - Producers will be members of the relevant societies AND of one of the collectives or possibly of more than one. - The collective Wecycle and the societies remain as one, although the ‘altlast funds’ are also open to other collectives ……………………………… producers ………………………………..

3. New Dutch WEEE collection: producer council Producer Council • An independent producer council will be responsible for: • Evaluating the collection results of the total system • Engaging actions if need be, based on relevant data from national register and monitoring council • Looking after the collective interest of all producers towards third parties • Setting of targets for Society for Social Responsible Tasks with respect to research and national campaigns • Determining budget for Society for Social Responsible Tasks and National Register • The council will be formed of member of the societies of Wecycle and the other collective systems • No agreement yet on: The voting rights within the council • A set-up is needed so not one system has an automatic majority

4. New Dutch WEEE collection: national register National Register • The national Register will be responsible for: • Registering POM and Recycle data • Registering producers and recyclers • Reporting to the ministry on the above • The national register is set-up as a black-box and will be set-up by a former part of Wecycle • No agreement yet on the following possible tasks of the National Register: • Invoicing of producers of the membership fees of the different collectives • Deducting the fees for the national register and society of social responsible tasks • Distributing remainder to collectives • Payment of the stimulation fee to recyclers (period until July 2015)

5. New Dutch WEEE collection: monitoring council Monitoring Council • The monitoring council will be responsible for: • Securing the confidentiality of data (black box) • Interpreting data • Signalling wrong practices in the market so to direct control • The monitoring council will be formed by members of: • Producer collectives • Recyclers • Ministry • Municipalities • other

6. New Dutch WEEE collection: society of social responsible tasks Society of Social Responsible Tasks • The society of social responsible tasks will be responsible for: • National (mass media) communication and campaigns (general character) • Research • No agreement yet on: • - Sponsoring • The society of social responsible tasks (SMT) is accountable to the producer council. Possible supervision by a marketing committee. • All producers are obliged to contribute! • The remainder of the communication and campaigns will be handled by the different collectives. • No agreement yet on: • The budget

7. New Dutch WEEE collection: financial streams to collectives – alternative 1 Collective WEEE NL Other collectives … Societies Browngood, Whitegood, etc. Collective RTA Collective WECYCLE Monitoring Council Producer Council Society of Social Responsible Tasks National Register Producer funding Neulast funding Stimulation fee Altlast funding recyclers ……………………………… producers ………………………………..

8. New Dutch WEEE collection: financial streams to collectives – alternative 2 Collective WEEE NL Other collectives … Societies Browngood, Whitegood, etc. Collective RTA Collective WECYCLE Monitoring Council Producer Council Society of Social Responsible Tasks National Register Producer funding Stimulation fee Altlast funding recyclers Neulast funding ……………………………… producers ………………………………..

9. New Dutch WEEE collection: declaration of altlast costs of collectives Altlast funding • The funding of costs made for altlast (= EEE pom before 2005) is based on: • Equal reimbursement for equal performance for all collectives • Treatment of WEEE according to WEEELABEX/CENELEC standard • Declaration of these costs to societies based on control of invoices by ‘black box’ accountant = third party scrutiny of invoices, no transfer of commercial information • No agreement yet on: • only producers with former key-products are entitled to altlast reimbursement (so television, dvd producer Yes; camera and radio producer NO) instead of fair share principle between society members. • How to establish the ‘altlast vs neulast’ ratio: by each collective individually or by an independent third party or fixation by producer council. • Not yet decided: • How to establish ‘equal performance’. Possible introduction of conditions related to performance (standard 60% + 10% for high end recycling + 10% for Social Responsibility, etc to 100% reimbursement)

10. New Dutch WEEE collection: clearing house between collectives There has been no discussions as to the need or necessity of a clearing house between collectives.