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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006 HIGHLIGHTS

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006 HIGHLIGHTS. International Association of Electronics Recyclers. For more information – including ordering, go to the web page at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm. HIGHLIGHTS from IAER SURVEY (Conducted in 2005).

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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006 HIGHLIGHTS

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  1. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT – 2006 HIGHLIGHTS International Association of Electronics Recyclers

  2. For more information – including ordering, go to the web page at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm

  3. HIGHLIGHTS from IAER SURVEY (Conducted in 2005) • Electronics recycling operations in the USA: over 500 • Employees: ~ 19,000 • Annual Revenue: ~ $US1.5 billion • Annual Volumes processed: • ~2.8 billion pounds (1.4M tons) • including ~65 million units of computer equipment • electronics recycling process yielded ~ 1.3 billion pounds of recyclable materials

  4. ELECTRONICS RECYCLERS in the USA (data from IAER database) Number of Recyclers Not including OEMs & NFPs 2005 2003

  5. Years in the Electronics Recycling Business 0-2 >10 3-5 6-10 Number of years

  6. Number of EmployeesInvolved in Electronics Recycling Operations 51-100 >100 <10 21-50 10-20 Number of employees

  7. Electronics Recycling Revenue Annual US$ (millions) >$10M $>5-10M <$1M $1-5M

  8. Total Volume of Electronics Processed Annual Volume in Pounds (millions) >20M 10-20M <1M 5-10M 1-2M 2-5M

  9. Types of Equipment ProcessedAverage Responses Computer % of Total – by weight

  10. Sources of EquipmentAverageResponses % of Total – by weight

  11. Outputs of Recycling OperationsTypical Responses Recyclable Materials % of Total - by weight

  12. Recyclable Materials OutputAverageResponses % of Total – by weight

  13. EXPORT % of Exports (by weight) Equipment- Working Parts

  14. WASTE STREAM DATAConsumer Electronics in Municipal Solid Waste - EPA Millions of Tons - Generated

  15. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS U.S. Sales Trends(Consumer Electronics Association) • Total 2005 sales to increase 11% to $126 Billion • DTV sales increased 78% in 2004 to 7.3M units • Sales of portable MP3 players expected to exceed 10 M units in 2005 • 2005 sales of digital cameras expected to be more than 20 M units • Cell phone sales expected to reach 90 M units in 2005 and Global shipments of flat-screen monitors exceeded CRTs in 2004

  16. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS Average # of CEProducts Per Household (CEA)

  17. HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONIC WASTEEstimated Replacements over 20 Years Consumers Union Number of Units

  18. U.S. SALES of DIGITAL TVs (data from eBrain & CEA) Units - Thousands

  19. MP3 Player Growth (U.S.)CEA

  20. CELL PHONE TRENDS U.S. Subscribers - millions CTIA Industry Survey

  21. FLORIDA BRANDS STUDYProduct Types Collected Others Printers TVs Computers CRT Monitors % by weight

  22. FLORIDA BRANDS STUDYProduct Types by Vintage Age in Years Oldest Avg.

  23. FLORIDA BRANDS STUDYTop Brands Collected All Products by Units Sony HP Dell OTHER Panasonic Apple Compaq IBM Packard Bell

  24. EPA PLUG-IN PILOT PROGRAMSGood-Guys Materials Recycled Plastics Glass

  25. COMPOSITION of RECYCLED ELECTRONICSUMICORE % Composition – by weight TV Boards PC Boards Cell Phones

  26. GROSS METAL VALUEof Recycled ElectronicsUMICORE US $ per Ton

  27. CHALLENGESfacing YOUR electronics recycling operations • Cost of operations • Sources of equipment • Markets for outputs • Capacity • Prices for materials & parts • Other

  28. CHALLENGESfacing the electronics recycling INDUSTRY • Legislation/regulations • Logistics/transportation • Consumer/residential electronics • Product take-back programs • Plastics recycling • Recycling technology • Other

  29. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES Most Respondents Felt That: • Regulations have helped the industry • R&D is important to electronics recycling • There needs to be more communications • It is important to achieve some type of certification

  30. IAER Web Site - http://www.iaer.org Email - Info@iaer.org

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