ALEX MCFARLANE HEAD OF PURCHASING NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

1. ALEX MCFARLANEHEAD OF PURCHASINGNOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY WEEE REGULATIONS 2006 – A PURCHASING PERSPECTIVE

2. Session Topics • Introduction • Strategic overview • Producer Responsibility v “Wriggleoutability” • Whole Life Costing in Purchasing decisions • Purchasing Issues for Consideration • Overview of Current Supplier/Producer Practice • Summary

3. Introduction • Legislative position • Producer attitudes • WEEE Scope impact

4. Strategic Overview • Re-use/demand management • Institutional organisation • Management efficiency/control • Risk management

5. Producer Responsibility v “Wriggleoutability” • Legislation v guidance • User, producer or scheme responsibility • WEEE or “Historic” WEEE • Compliance schemes

6. Whole Life Costing in Purchasing Decisions • Product Pricing • WEEE segregation and collection arrangements • Other disposal arrangements (haz waste, internal costs, space, inventory management, arranging AATF contracts) • Current revenue generation

7. Purchasing Issues for Consideration (1) • Tender and contract process • Specification • Contract terms • Questionnaires • Evaluation criteria/weighting • Financial checks • Contract and information management (inc. records of prices paid WEEE/not WEEE) • Marking of EEE • National and regional contracts • Supplier rationalisation • Research equipment

8. Purchasing Issues for Consideration (2) • Maverick buying • Leasing • Review of existing contracts • Legal enforcement

9. Overview of Current Supplier/Producer Practice • Compliance schemes • Range • Acceptability • Non-registered producers • Role of distributors • Contract clause variations • Variations in interpretation • Examples of supplier approaches

10. Summary • Think strategically about responsibility • Take a whole life costing approach • Ensure appropriate contractual and legal protection • Explore purchasing strategies to manage risk and costs