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TWINNING PROJECT

TWINNING PROJECT INTRODUCTION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) IN UKRAINE. General requirements of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment. Producer’s responsibilities. Main topics of the presentation.

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TWINNING PROJECT

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  1. TWINNING PROJECT INTRODUCTION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) IN UKRAINE General requirements of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment. Producer’s responsibilities

  2. Main topics of the presentation 1. Main objectives of the Directive 2. Circular economy – ЕЕЕ, top product group 3. Targets for collection 4. System for collection 5. Targets for recycling 6. Permits and technical standards for the sites for collection and treatment 7. Data collected 8. Obligations of producers/importers 9. Extended producer’s responsibilities

  3. Why Directive on WEEE? • The amount of WEEE generated in the World is growing rapidly - in EU27 between 8.3 and 9.1 mln tonnes(2005) • The content of hazardous components in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) – cause high risk for environment and human health • Composition of WEEE- Fe, non Fe metal, big % of valuable materials (Gold in 100kg mobile phone eqv. 1t ore)

  4. Why exactly this waste stream! High risk for environment and human health from hazardous substances in WEEE : • When landfilled – leaching potential, heavy metal, brominated flame retardants, vaporization of Mercury and CFC • When incinerated illegally dioxin formation during the incineration due to the presence of the brominated components, PVC, Mercury, emission of heavy metals

  5. WEEE - top waste stream for circular economy • Circular economy - new economic and industrial system based on: • the reuse of products and raw materials, • the restorative capacity of natural resources. It attempts to minimize value • destruction in the overall system and to maximize value creation in each link in the system. • In the transition to a circular economy the focus is no longer solely on decoupling environmental pressures from economic growth, but also on the opportunities created if resourceconsumption and economy remain coupled.

  6. Main objectives of the Directive Lays dawn measures: • to protect the environment and human health • preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) • Aim to achieve: The improvement in the environmental performance of all of the economic operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and, especially, the operators directly involved in the treatment of WEEE

  7. Definitions (1) • “Electrical and electronic equipment” or ‘EEE’ means equipment which: • is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly and • equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields and designed for use with a voltage rating not exceeding 1 000 volts for alternating current and 1 500 volts for direct current;

  8. Definitions (2) • ‘waste electrical and electronic equipment’ or ‘WEEE’ means electrical or electronic equipment which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables which are part of the product at the time of discarding;

  9. Definitions (3) ‘producer’ means any natural or legal person who, irrespective of the selling technique used, including distance communication • (i) is established in a Member State and manufactures EEE under his own name or trademark, or has EEE designed or manufactured and markets it under his name or trademark within the territory of that Member State; • (ii) is established in a Member State and resells within the territory of that Member State, under his own name or trademark, equipment produced by other suppliers, a reseller not being regarded as the ‘producer’ if the brand of the producer appears on the equipment, as provided for in point • (iii) is established in a Member State and places on the market of that Member State, on a professional basis, EEE from a third country or from another Member State; or • (iv) sells EEE by means of distance communication directly to private households or to users other than private households in a Member State, and is established in another Member State or in a third country

  10. Scope of the regulation 10 indicative categories: 1.Large Household Appliances 2.Small Household Appliances 3.IT and Telecommunications Equipment 4.Consumer Equipment 5.Lighting Equipment 6.Electrical and Electronic Tools 7.Toys, Leisure and Sports Equipment 8.Medical Devices 9.Monitoring and Control Instruments 10.Automatic Vending Dispensers

  11. What is notcovered by WEEE? • Military equipment • Filament light bulbs • Equipment designed to be send into space • Large scale static industrial tools • Large-scale fixed installations, except any equipment which is not specifically designed and installed as part of those installations • Means of transport for persons or goods, excluding electric two-wheel vehicles which are not type-approved • Non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use • Equipment specifically designed for the purposes of research and development that is only made available on a business-to-business basis • Medical devices and in vitro diagnostic, where such devices are expected to be infective prior to end of life, and active implantable medical devices

  12. Targets for collection • From 2019: • 65 % of the average weight of EEE placed on the market in the three preceding years in the Member State concerned, • or alternatively 85 % of WEEE generated on the territory of that Member State. • Until 31 December 2015: • at least 4 kilograms on average per inhabitant per year of WEEE from private households • or the amount of weight of WEEE on average in the three preceding years

  13. Collection(1) Separate collection 1. Minimise the disposal of WEEE in the form of unsorted municipal waste, 2. Ensure the correct treatment of all collected WEEE, 3. Priority waste: temperature exchange equipment containing ozone-depleting, substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases, fluorescent lamps • containing mercury, photovoltaic panels and small equipment

  14. Collection(2) • Producers shouldbe allowed to set up and to operate individual and/or collective take-back systems for WEEE from private households provided that these are in line with the objectives of this Directive • Systems are set up allowing final holders and distributors to return such waste at least free of charge. • Viability and accessibility of the necessary collection facilities taking into account, the population density • Options for distributors: • When supplying a new product, WEEE can be returned • Collection for small WEEE , at retail shops with sales areas relating to EEE of at least 400 sq.m.

  15. What does WEEE consist of? • Ferrous Metal (Iron, stainless steel) • Non-Ferrous Metal (aluminium, copper) • Plastics • Printed circuit boards • Batteries • Capacitors • Liquid crystal displays • Cathode ray tubes • Mercury switches

  16. Large equipment- average content –estimation of category composition

  17. Category 5 small household appliances-average content - estimation of category composition

  18. Permits to the operators who collect and treat WEEE • Any establishment or undertaking carrying out treatment operations shall obtains a permit from the competent authorities in compliance with Article 23 of Directive 2008/98/EC • Any establishment or undertaking who carrying out treatment, collection or/and transport shall hold the permit or to be registered • Applied technologies on the sites for treatment shall be carry out in a way to ensure achievement of targets • The permit shall include all conditions, necessary for compliance with technical requirements pursuant Directive • Treatment plants need to be able to demonstrate these recycling rates are achieved

  19. Treatment requirements Specific components to be removed, for example: • PCBs capacitors • CFCH • Mercury switches or backlight lamps • Batteries • Printed circuit boards • Toner cartridges • Plastic containing brominated flame retardants• • Cathode ray tubes (CRT’s) • Refrigerant gases • Liquid crystal displays (LCD’s)

  20. Standards for treatment sites 1. Sites for storage (including temporary storage) : • impermeable surfaces for appropriate - spillage collection facilities, decanters and cleanser-degreasers, • storage area for different categories WEEE • weatherproof covering for appropriate areas. 2. Sites for treatment of WEEE: • scales to measure the weight of the treated waste, • impermeable surfaces and waterproof covering for appropriate areas with the provision of spillage collection facilities • storage area for different categories WEEE • appropriate storage for disassembled spare parts, • appropriate containers for storage of batteries, PCBs/PCTs and other hazardous waste such as radioactive waste, • equipment for the treatment of water in compliance with health and environmental regulations.

  21. Financial issues in respect of WEEE from private households • Producers provide for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households • For products placed on the market later than 13 August 2005, each producer shall be responsible for financing the operations relating to the waste from his own products. • Financing operations with waste from his own products - individually or by joining a collective scheme.

  22. Financing in respect of WEEE other than from private households • Producers provide for financing of the costs for the collection and treatment of WEEE from users other than private households resulting from products placed on the market after 13 August 2005. • For historical waste the financing of the costs shall be provided by producers of those products when supplying them or by owner.

  23. Obligations of producers / importers to provide information • Producers/ Importers or distributors must informed the users about: • their role in contributing to the collection of WEEE, • the requirement not to dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to collect such WEEE separately • available collection/return facilities, • Producers/ Importers must provide treatment facilities with all appropriate information to identifycomponents, materials and the location of hazardous substances in the products • Producers / Importers shall provide free of charge information on dismantling and treatment in respect of each type of new EEE put on the marketto reuse centres, treatment and recycling facilities

  24. Obligations of producers/importers for labelling and marking • To minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to facilitating its separate collection producers must appropriately mark placed on the market EEE with the symbol • Producer shall identify themselves by a visible, readable and durable mark on the appliance consisting of:  • The name of the physical or legal person and identification number. • The date of manufacture / put on market after 13 August 2005. • Place of marking: on the equipment, service manual or instruction for use, warranty card or on the packaging

  25. Registration, information and reporting – obligations of producres • Member States must draw up registers of producers of electrical and electronicequipment. That register shall serve to monitor compliance with the requirements of this Directive

  26. Twinning project INTRODUCTION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) IN UKRAINE This Project is funded by the European Union THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Maria Krasteva maria.krasteva@umweltbundesamt.at Maria Krasteva Waste streams expert

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