NASA/C3P 2009 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Global Collaboration in Environmental and Alternative Energies WEEE Management in Portugal Amb3E Mónica Luízio mluizio@amb3e.pt Munich 11 th November 2009 Resíduos de Equipamentos Eléctricos e Electrónicos
Legal and Operational Background Directive 2002/96/EC Definition of rules for WEEE management Directive 2002/95/EC RoHS Based on Extended Producer Responsibility Transposition Amb3E Activity 1 Take on the producers legal obligations 2 Negotiate contracts with operators 3 4 5 6 7 Manage collection network and logistics Set up a recycling and recovery platform Control, Monitoring i and Reporting Develop communication campaigns and RD Manage the financing 1
Amb3E achieved in a relative small period of time more then 600 associate producers Nº of Associate Producers Evolution of Amb3E producers associates (Dec. 2006 a Dec. 2008) +87% Dec-06 Jun-07 Dec-07 Dec-08 2
Amb3E has developed a network of over 360 collection facilities throughout the country Amb3E collection facilities density Amb3E s collection Network Viana do Castelo Braga Porto Vila Real Aveiro Viseu Guarda Coimbr a Leiria i Castelo Branco Santarém Portalegre Lisboa Bragança Amb3E collection network has different players taking into account the different waste producers and therefore maximizing the collection potential Amb3E network : different kinds of collection facilities Private waste management companies Municipalities Retailers Madeira Açores Évora Setúbal Beja Faro Collection facilities per District: 1-5 6-10 11-15 >15 "Ponto Electrão shopping centers Fire Departments 3
Amb3E Collection and Treatment Network 2b Collection Point (CP) 2a R 3 Retailer collection point (RCP) 1 4 R Collection Center (CC) Treatment Plant (TP) 5 6 AHBV Amb3E Member Circuits: 1. CC TP circuit 2a. CP-CC circuit 2b. CP-TP circuit 3. Retailer collection point circuit 4. Ponto Electrão circuit 5. AHBV circuit 6. Special collection R Route circuit 4
Ponto Electrão the collection solution closest to the consumer Some requirements: - Easy access; - Vigilance; 5
Sorting into Treatment Categories 10 Legal Categories......managed in 5 treatment categories 1. 2. 3. 4. Treatment Category A Large appliances Treatment Category B Cooling and freezing appliances Treatment Category C Small appliances (other) 5. 6. 7. Treatment Category D Discharge Lamps (Tubular & other geometry) 8. 9. 10. Treatment Category E TV and Monitors (CRT) 6
Collection Centers Treatment Category A - Large appliances B Cooling and Freezing appliances 7
Collection Centers (II) D Discharge Lamps (tubular & other geometry) C Small Appliances (other) E TV & Monitors (CRT) 8
Treatment Partners De- pollution Monitoring: Annex II* of the recast of the Directive 2002/96/EC PCB containing capacitors mercury containing components, such as switches or backlighting lamps batteries printed circuit i boards of mobile phones or 10 cm 2 toner cartridges, liquid and paste, as well as colour toner plastic containing brominated flame retardants asbestos waste and components which contain asbestos cathode ray tubes CFC, HCFC, HFC, HC gas discharge lamps liquid crystal displays 100 cm 2 and all those back-lighted with gas discharge lamps external electric cables components containing refractory ceramic fibres components containing radioactive substances electrolyte capacitors containing substances of concern (height or diameter > 25 mm) 9
Treatment Partners Calculation of Reuse/Recycling and Recovery Targets throughout a mass balance approach; Treatment Category first First Fraction A * Interim A1 A2 A3 Interim Use MR A11 A21 A22 Use TD A31 Use MR A211 Use LD A221 A4 Use MR A41 First Fraction B Use ER B1 ** First Fraction D Interim D1 D2 Use MR D11 Use ER D21 First Fraction E Use LD E1 *** First Fraction F Interim F1 Interim F11 F12 Use MR F111 Use LD F121 F2 Use MR F21 10
Amb3E achieved in a relative small period of time more then 400 Collection Sites Evolution of Amb3E collection and treatment network 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 Collection Sites 12 139 342 433 Logistic Partners 9 29 49 55 Treatment Partners 2 5 12 16 11
Communication Campaigns TV Spots Booklets Door-to-door actions Info on retailers and big commercial areas Direct contact with clients and households Website and Call center Website e call center identify the closest collection site RTP1, RTP2, SIC, TVI, RTP Madeira e Açores Ex. Actions at retailers More then 400.000 homes 12
On going project in 2008/2009 to raise awareness at schools http://www.escolaelectrao.pt/ + 400 Schools + 1000ton collected School Playground before the campaign. And during the campaign... 13
Collection Results K ton + 65% +451% Amb3E s collection target: 29,8 k ton 2006 2007 2008 2006 2 month activity (Nov-Dec 2006) 14
Despite the positive evolution there is still potential to raise collection K ton EEE put on the market vs. WEEE treated (2008) ~20 kg/inh ~4 kg/inh National Target 42,5 k ton EEE put on the market Projection on total WEEE collected in Portugal 15
Thank you for your attention! Mónica Luízio mluizio@amb3e.pt Resíduos de Equipamentos Eléctricos e Electrónicos