Notes
Outline
Indiana
Recycling
Coalition’s
E-Scrap Action Program
"PEN Products"
PEN Products
End-of-Life Electronics Recycling
Starbucks
Special thanks to our program partners:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
The Virtual Scavenger Project
Goldsmith Group
Chesapeake Recycling
Asset Forwarding
US Environmental Protection Agency
Indiana Department of Commerce
Additional ESAP Partners
Lake County Solid Waste Management District  Challenge
St. Joseph County
East Central Indiana
Monroe County
Bartholomew County
Johnson County
Randolph County
Vanderburgh County
Today’s topic
Subcommittees Updates
Reuse
John Crooks, chair
Best Practices
Rob Howe & Eric Goldsmith, co-chairs
Education
Cell Phone Recycling
Cell phones have a lead circuit board
Recent studies show that this lead can leach in the TCLP test
IRC is providing a solution for cell phone management
Slide 8
Export Concerns
and
International
 Activities That Will Impact Them
Slide 10
The international
community responds
Organisation for Economic Cooperation
   and Development (OECD) ESM Program
U.S. Ratification of the Basel Convention
Basel Mobile Phone & Computer
    Partnerships
EPA PLUG-IN Guidelines
U.S. CRT Rule
OECD EMS Program
OECD ESM Program Characteristics
OECD ESM Program Components
OECD Council recommendation
Core Performance Elements
Wastestream - specific guidelines applicable to some type of waste recycling
1. OECD Council Recommendation
Countries should have:
Adequate regulations & enforcement
Mechanisms for monitoring & controlling compliance with national & international rules
Ensure facilities use advanced techniques
Encourage information exchange between producers, generators & recyclers
Integrate core performance elements into national policies
Ensure implementation of Wastestream Specific Guidelines
Provide incentives for facility implementation of OECD ESM Program
2. OECD Core
Performance Elements
Facilities should:
Be properly authorized/licensed (permitted)
Have an EMS system in place
Measurable objectives/targets
Regular review of progress
Collection & review of EH&S data
Regular audit/inspection program
Periodic facility report on progress
Simplified procedures for small firms
OEDC Core
Performance Elements
Facilities should:
Sufficiently protect workers & the environment
Have adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting
Compliance with safety requirements
Effluents and emissions
Incoming, stored, outgoing waste & materials
Have an adequate training program
Have an adequate & up-to-date emergency plan
Have a closure/post-closure plan
Includes adequate financial guarantee
3.  Wastestream-Specific Guidelines
Both OECD & BASEL Technical Guidelines are relevant
OECD Technical Guidance on Reuse & Recycling of personal computers
WWW.OECD.ORG/ENV/WASTE
WWW.INDIANARECYCLING.ORG
BASEL has guidelines on ESM for Plastics and is working on Metals recycling
WWW.BASEL.INT
OEDC Wastestream-Specific Guidelines -- PC Scope
Used Personal Computers and Laptops
CPUs, Monitors, Printers, etc.
Scrap from production
Used PCs for evaluation of reuse potential
Materials Management focus
Refers to “Used & Scrap PCs” rather than using “Waste” & “Hazardous Waste” definitions
Does not address upstream issues (DfE)
OECD PC Guidelines --
Facility
Needed controls are dependent upon nature or risks (including size of operation)
Refurbishment: Lower risks, thus lesser controls
Dismantling & Raw Material Recovery: Greater risks, thus greater controls
Thus, flexibility needed in the application of Core Performance Elements
OECD Guidelines -- Substances of Concern
Metals:  Lead, Cadmium, Beryllium, Mercury, Lithium
Chlorinated & Brominated Compounds
Antimony & Barium
Batteries
Of Concern in the EU (WEEE Directive):
Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)
Arsenic in Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Liquid Electrolytes
OECD Guidelines --
Specific Components
Processing Option & Proper Handling:
Circuit Boards
Batteries & Capacitors
Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs)
Phosphors
Getter (electron gun)
Flat Panel Displays & Laptops
Insulated Wire
Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals
Plastics
OECD Guidelines --
Example - Circuit Boards
OECD Guidelines
Example - CRT Glass
OECD Guidelines --
Transport
Basel Convention
Activities - Legislation
Basel Convention --
Implementation
Basel Partnership
Initiative
Basel Mobile Phone
Initiative
Initial Basel Partnership -- with Producers & Network Providers
Other Stakeholders involved
2-year effort
Begins effort to push upstream to collection and producer role
Broadens historic “Hazardous Waste” focus
Mobile Phone Initiative
Mobile Phone Working Group
9 Countries representing Basel
11 Major Manufacturers
Partnership signed in December 2002
Workplan developed - 4 project areas
Reuse of Mobile Phones
Collection and Transboundary issues
Recycling of Mobile Phones
Awareness Raising & Training
Slide 31
EPA Plug-In to eCycling
Guidelines