For more than one and a half years the Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) has been developing the E-Scrap Action Program (ESAP). ESAP is a project that targets electronics waste (e-scrap) as a major priority for waste management in the state of Indiana, because this waste stream can be hazardous to the environment and costly to manage.  

The initial phase of the E-Scrap Action Program brought together key stakeholders from across the state to discuss issues of concern and solutions for the future of e-scrap in Indiana.  Stakeholders represented solid waste districts, cities and towns, state associations (such as the Association of Indiana Solid Waste Districts, and the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns), private sector generators (such as Eli Lilly, Subaru, Chrysler, and Raytheon), state governments (Environmental Management, Commerce, and Administration), federal government (EPA), universities (such as Indiana University, Ball State and Purdue), representatives of the solid waste industry (Waste Management and Republic Services), private sector electronics recyclers, reuse organizations and others.

This successful one-year process resulted in a series of preliminary recommendations from the multi-stakeholder group. The recommendations present ways in which the state can address the issue of e-scrap from policy, regulatory, legislative and educational perspectives. These recommendations are inter-related and the intent is that they will be considered as a comprehensive “package” and not individually. The recommendations fall into six interrelated areas:

• Public education
• Funding mechanisms
• Landfill/incinerator disposal ban
• Prison partnerships
• Procurement
  • Asset management
  

Program Partners

This project made possible through fiancial support from:
Lake County SWMD	East Central SWMD	Johnson County SWMD