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eWASA

towards sustainable environmentally sound e-waste management


ØWelcome

Ø Is Waste a problem?ØSA Scenario

ØBusiness opportunities & Job creation

ØWhat can you do?

CONTENTS


WASTE OVERVIEW


• 20 – 50 million tons of computer

equipment and cell phones discarded

in landfills each year (putting

mercury and lead into the environment)

• Estimates of PCs and cell phones

recycled range from 1 – 12%

• Growth of waste electrical and

electronic equipment is 3x that of other

forms of municipal waste

• Recycling electronic equipment can

help prevent 70% of toxic waste

Recycled electronics

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Guiding principles

•Responsibility Manufacturers/importers need to commit to the recycling of their products and ensure that the recycling solution operates smoothly.

•Simplicity Consumers, traders, manufacturers and recyclers, must easily understand and implement e-Waste recycling.

•Reliability Crucial steps in the recycling chain require independent, trustworthy control.

•Liquidity If the market value of the recycled material can’t pay for the process, additional funds have to be introduced, such as the Advanced Recycling Fee (ARF) or Green Fee on new equipment that allows for their return of all goods free of charge in a environmentally responsible manner.


Rethinking Current Production Policies


• ReduceUsing less in the first place

• Recover

• Repair

• Re-useFinding ways to re-use the materials generated

• RecycleFinding ways to recycle products generally thrown away as waste such as:-WoodSteelAluminumPaperPlasticsGlass

Solution – 5R’s


THE WEEE MAN

The WEEE man represents the estimated waste electrical and electronic equipment generated by one person in their lifetime if born in 2005.

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Sweden

NorwayIreland

Certified Collection Points


COLLECTION POINTS


Collection Initiatives


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Structure of e-Waste Recycling Industry in SA

Tier 1 – Cradle to Cradle Recyclers (WEEE Standards)

Tier 2 – First line Recyclers

Tier 3 – Entry level Dismantlers

Tier 4 – Landfill Waste Pickers



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Recycle e-waste, e.g. handwork & health concerns


Collect e-waste, e.g. disorganized informal

system

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Collect e-waste, e.g. organised informal

system


BASIC DISMANLING AREA


DISMANTLING LINE

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SIMPLE PRODUCTION LAYOUT








Dismantling of e-waste


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DISMANTLING FACILITY


Processing








Problem e-waste products

• CRT Monitors• CFL’s

• Printer cartridges

• Printer Toner ink bottles

• Refrigerants

• Batteries

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Collect e-waste, e.g. formal logistic system


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Recycle e-waste, e.g. advanced &

automated



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Material composition

MaterialLarge household appliances

Small household appliances

ICT & consumer electronics

Lamps

Ferrous metal 43 29 36 -

Aluminium 14 9.3 5 14

Copper 12 17 4 0.22

Lead 1.6 0.57 0.29 -

Cadmium 0.0014 0.0068 0.018 -

Mercury 0.000038 0.000018 0.00007 0.02

Gold 0.00000067 0.00000061 0.00024 -

Silver 0.0000077 0.000007 0.0012 -

Palladium 0.0000003 0.00000024 0.00006 -

Indium 0 0 0.0005 0.0005

Brominated plastics

0.29 0.75 18 3.7

Plastics 19 37 12 0

Lead glass 0 0 19 0

Glass 0.017 0.16 0.3 77

Other 10 6.9 5.7 5

Total 100 100 100 100

Source: Empa



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Recycle


Waste2 ArtComponent Sorting


WASTE TO ART

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Extracting value


Policy and legislation

v South Africa is a signatory of the Basel Convention but

not the Bamako Convention

v Constitution

v NEMA Waste Act - DEA

v Regulations

v Thresholds

v OHAS ACT – DoL

v Road Traffic Act

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Policy and legislation

v Second Hand Goods Act - SAPS

v Consumer Protection Act

v Provincial legislation

v Local by-laws

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• eWASA developed technical guidelines for recyclers in 2009 that covers

•Part 1: General Practical guidelines i.e. legislation, decontamination, storage & documentation

•Part 2: Specific FractionsDirective 1: Accepted recycling and recovery technologiesDirective 2: ICT and consumer electronicsDirective 3: LampsDirective 4: Refrigeration appliances Directive 5: Dental appliances

• We are in the process to update the guidelines working with the South African e-Waste Alliance ensuring that e-waste standards in the country are standardised and up to date.

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Guidelines & Standards

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Auditing

• Only four companies currently accredited with eWASA• Audits for EWACSA members soon• Independent auditors trained by EMPA at a training workshop in 2009.

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eWASA/Mintek Urban Mining Project

• Urban mining is a type of mining beneficiation involving the extraction of value from the e-waste stream

• The aim is to create new local green jobs and to provide sustainable solutions in support of small, medium-sized and microenterprises and the youth.

• mobile solution to overcome the challenge of reverse logistics


Collection days10 May 2014; 19 September, 6 December 2014


Questions

Lene EcroignardR&D: E-Waste Association of South [email protected] 535 7146www.ewasa.orgTwitter: @eWASA_FB: www.facebook.com/eWasteAssociationSA

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