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eWASA
towards sustainable environmentally sound e-waste management
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ØWelcome
Ø Is Waste a problem?ØSA Scenario
ØBusiness opportunities & Job creation
ØWhat can you do?
CONTENTS
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WASTE OVERVIEW
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• 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.
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Rethinking Current Production Policies
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• 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
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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
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COLLECTION POINTS
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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
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Collect e-waste, e.g. disorganized informal
system
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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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Collect e-waste, e.g. organised informal
system
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BASIC DISMANLING AREA
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DISMANTLING LINE
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SIMPLE PRODUCTION LAYOUT
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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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Dismantling of e-waste
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DISMANTLING FACILITY
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Processing
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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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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
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Waste2 ArtComponent Sorting
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WASTE TO ART
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Extracting value
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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
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Collection days10 May 2014; 19 September, 6 December 2014
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Questions
Lene EcroignardR&D: E-Waste Association of South [email protected] 535 7146www.ewasa.orgTwitter: @eWASA_FB: www.facebook.com/eWasteAssociationSA