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esap Re-use & Recycling Working Group

4 February 2015

Design Make Sell Use

Re‐use Collect

Recycle

Repair Re‐sell

Returns

5 esap themes

• 1. Extending product durability
• 2. Minimising product returns
• 3. Understanding and influencing

consumer behaviour on product durability and reparability

• 4. Implementing profitable,

resilient and resource efficient business models

• 5. Gaining greater value from re‐

use and recycling

Product Lifecycle

This morning’s agenda

This afternoon’s agenda

Re-use & Recycling Working Group Terms of Reference

The purpose of the R&R Working Group

• To share evidence, inform and guide action to

increase re-use and recycling of EEE products in support of esap’s goals

• The forum for esap Theme 5 stakeholders to

collaborate and share insight and inform re-use and recycling activity.

Terms of Reference objectives

• Develop and deliver action plan
• Facilitate information exchange and collaboration
• Share latest research and inform next steps
• Opportunities for stakeholders to inform priorities
• Identify how barriers can be overcome
• Demonstrate positive role of R&R to EEE stakeholders

throughout product lifecycle

• Contribute to delivery and further development of esap

esap Governance

esap

Management, facilitation and secretariat (WRAP)

Working Groups

As required. May physically meet or be virtual Mix of ongoing groups and short task-and-finish groups

Advisory Group

Representatives of stakeholder groups throughout the EEE product lifecycle to review progress and provide advice

Steering Group

A Forum of esap sponsors to guide the development and delivery

• f esap and to identify and enable links to sponsor’s goals

Re-use and recycling

(04Feb15 &

• ngoing)

Mobile computing device batteries

(virtual group)

Product returns

(Autumn ’15 tbc) Etc.

Terms of Reference – table discussion

• Your views on the objectives?
• Any edits to support achievement of the

group’s overall objective?

• Any other feedback?

Each table to share 3 pieces of feedback from their table with whole group (other comments will be captured by facilitators)

UK market for the re-use of EEE components

• Automobiles are among

the most recycled commodities.

• Almost every part in a car

is re-used or remanufactured.

• Green Recycled Parts

(GRPs)™ brand that promotes parts reuse

Re-use of Components in Automotive industry

UK market for re-use of EEE components

• 1,500 tonnes per year of

components /value of £9.25 m are re-used.

• The is a potential for 28,000

tonnes /£295 million.

• IT equipment industry, LDA

industry.

• Recyclers/Reuse/Warranty
• Internal market/demand

side constrains.

Reuse of EEE components in the UK Table Discussion

• What are the challenges in the further

development of this market?

• What are the opportunities in this market from

your perspective?

• How WRAP can support the further

development of this market?

Maximising value through improved WEEE Collections

Collections in the UK – value of reuse

• 23 % of HWRC WEEE could be economically re-used.
• There is a potential to generate large resale value from

WEEE repair, refurbishment and resale.1

• Re-use has environmental benefits. “Mobile phone retain nearly

half of material value in reuse versus 0.24 % of value in recycling.” 2

• In creates local employment and develops skills. WRAP

latest report confirms this.

1. Realising the Reuse Value of Household WEEE 2. Employment and the Circular Economy

Some barriers to re-use..

• Difficulty to separate re-usable products
• Products damaged during disposal/ transport
• The value of re-use not immediately visible.
• Limited space at HWRC

Opportunities for the recycling sector

• WRAP estimates that each year UK landfills

precious materials to the value of £75 million.

• Separate collection could enable recyclers to

employ high efficiency recycling processes.

• WRAP submitted a proposal to European

Commission for funding of collections and critical raw materials recovery pilots.

WEEE Collections - regulatory changes

• The WEEE Regulations 2013
• EU plans to introduce re-use targets
• The Social Value Act encouraging contracting

authorities to commission for social value

Collection, Re-use and Recycling Pilots

Identification Set‐up

• 02.2015 ‐
• 04.2015

Delivery of pilot activity

• 06.2015 ‐
• 11. 2015

Assess Results

• 12.2015 ‐
• 01. 2016

Report and Publication

• 02.2016
• Most practical techniques maximising re-use

and high-value component and material recovery

• Partners: LA, PCS, Re-use companies, Third

Sector, Recyclers, Retailers.

Collection, Re-use and Recycling Pilots

COLLECTION COMMUNICATION TRANSPORT HANDLING STORAGE SEGREGATION RE‐USE OF PRODUCTS COMPONENTS HARVESTING RECYCLING

ASSESSMENT

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCIAL

Collections Pilots Criteria

Most practical techniques maximising re-use and high-value component and material recovery.

• Increase in WEEE re-use rate
• Potential of high value recovery
• Increase in separately collected WEEE
• Social benefits
• Projects fosters cooperation
• Sustainability of key outcomes
• Value for money based on the above factors

Think about the topic assigned. Table Discussion:

• Do you know about such practical collections

solution, maximising re-use or high value component, material recovery?

• If yes - where it is currently carried out?
• What are the key challenges of this method

and how to address them?

• What would motivate your organisation to

make this work?

Extending product durability

• Current activities
• Table top discussion on future opportunities

Specification guidance launched

Product life – age at discard

• How could your organisation support

extending product durability?

• What further commercially viable action could

be taken to extend product durability?

Product durability table discussion.

Data security in product reuse and recycling

Gerrard Fisher WRAP

Data Protection Act 1998 (excerpt)

Schedule 1, Part 1:

7 Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data. 8 Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory

• utside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory

ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms

• f data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

Background on requirements

A lot has happened since 1998 Act

Where is data held?

Where else is data held?

2050? 500bn

2013 14bn

2020 50bn

2030 100bn

Future trends for smart devices

• Quantities of smart & data-bearing devices

arising.

• Routes for collections and arisings.
• Measures in place to demonstrate

stewardship of data.

• Additional skills & equipment requirements to

be able to demonstrate stewardship of data.

Evidence we would like to gather

Table discussion

• What evidence is already available?
• What further evidence would you find useful?
• What are the highest priorities?
• What are the main issues or barriers to

stewardship of data-bearing devices?

• Who can take action soonest?

Thank you