Collection, Treatment and Recovery of E-waste in Germany

1. Collection, Treatment and Recoveryof E-waste in Germany Dr. Thomas Rummler Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Workshop on the management of E-waste IFAT China 24 september 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

2. European Union 27 • 491 mio. inhabitants • 241 Mt municipal waste • ~ 7 Mt E-waste • ~ 5% increasing p.a. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

3. high tech evolution • growing population • increasing demand for EEE • booming electronic- and IT-industries • briefer product life cycles of EEE ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

4. high tech waste – no tech treatment • increasing amount of WEEE • risk of illegal waste shipment • hazardous substances may damage natural resources and human health ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

5. High recovery potential • valuable secondary raw material • conservation of primary resources • release pressure on price of raw materials ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

6. Objectives in the European Union • 6th Environment Action Programme significant reduction in • waste volumes generated • quantity of waste going to disposal decoupling of waste generation from economic growth • Thematic Strategy on Prevention and Recycling ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

7. RoHS WEEE ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

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9. Implementation of WEEE in Germany • 82 mio. inhabitants • 46 Mt municipal waste • 1.8 Mt EEE ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

10. Quantity of WEEE in Germany 2006 (tons) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

11. Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, 2005 • Registration by producer before putting EEE on the market • B2B-equipment • producer has to offer take back-possibilities for WEEE to the user • other arrangements between producer and user are possible • B2C-equipment • municipalities have to collect B2C-equipment form private households • collection target: 4 kg per capita • producer has to pick-up WEEE from the municipalities free-of-charge • producer is responsible for treatment, recycling, recovery • producer has to report quantities brought on the market („market-share“) • producer has to give a financing guarantee for disposal costs in case of insolvency • producers are responsible for historical WEEE collectively ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

12. Collection by municipality (1) large household appliances and automatic dispensers (3) IT-, telecommunication- and consumer equipment (4) gas discharge lamps (5) small household appliances, lighting equipment, electrical/electronic tools, toys, leisure, sports equipment, monitoring/control instruments (2) cooling devices ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

13. Clearing-House • registration of producers • proof of producer‘s financial guarantee for disposal costs • centralized pick-up coordination • municipality reports to clearing house if a WEEE-container is full • clearing-house has to coordinate under competition framework that producers take over „their part“ of waste equipment • clearing-house calculates the mass and the regional allocation of producer‘s responsibility in relation to their market-share of each particular product category • clearing-house gives order to pick-up the container from collection point • centralized documentation and monitoring • clearing-house collects all datas about collection, recycling, recovery by producers • clearing-house transmits these datas to competent authority ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

14. Decentralized disposal services • producers are obliged to contract disposal services individually • producers may cooperate in collective return systems under conditions of competitive framework • cooperative return systems must satisfy anti-trust regulations ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

15. Treatment, recovery and recycling • Selective treatment for certain materials and components in accordance with Annex II of WEEE • remove all liquids • treatment of radioactive substances • dealing of PCB-containing components • separation of screen and cone glass from picture tubes • State of the art • technical requirements, different for collection + transport + treatment • listed in Guidelines for the enforcement (LAGA-Merkblatt) • layd down in licenses for facilities • Recovery and recycling quotas in accordance with quotas of WEEE • Documentation by independent experts ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

16. Recovery + Recycling Quotas ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

17. Recovery- and Recycling-Rates Germany 2006 - in % to collection - ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany

18. Collection, Treatment and Recoveryof E-waste in Germany Thank you very much for your attention! further Informations on www.bmu.de ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Thomas Rummler – Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - Germany