Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Weee) in Practice: Manual for Weee Implementation Based on Experiences

ISBN-13: 9783031407215 / Angielski

Klaus Hieronymi

Spis treści

1. Preface

2.  Summary

3. Table of Content

4. Introduction

5. Important Elements of E-Waste Legislation/Implementation

• Producer Responsibility                     

-Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR)                               

-Collective Producer Responsibility (CPR)                               

-Individual or Collective Responsibility ?

• Goals/Targets

-Units used in Measuring Targets (Units / Weight)

-Collection Targets (Fixed, Flexible, Evidence Notes, "Convenience Target")

-Practical Approach for setting Collection Targets

-Recycling Targets

-Re-Use Targets

• Pricing Models

-Upfront Payments (Advanced Recycling Fee, Visible Fee, Tax)

- Payment when services are delivered (Amounts Collected Treated (ACT)

- Comparing  ARF / ACT

-Hybrid Pricing Models

- Economic Rewards for “ Design for Recycling” (Modulation)

• Collection

-Collection from Customers (On-Demand Pick-Up, Curb-Side Collection, "Milkman-Tour”)

-"Bring In" (Collection Sites, Collection at Retail shops, Take-Back Events)

- Density of a Collection Network

- Informal Sector  

• Clearing

-Tasks (Registration of Producers and PROs, Calculating Producers’ Obligation, Access to E-Waste, Allocation of Individual Containers, Assignment of Collection Sites,

Allocation of Regions, Patchwork)

-Costs of Clearing

-Setting Up Clearing Functions

• Measuring / Controlling Success of E-Waste legislation

-Measuring Targets, Controls / Audits, Enforcement

• Product Groups and Collection Categories

-Collection Categories/Groups

-Pricing Groups

• Producer Responsibility Organizations (PRO)

- Role of PROs

-Operational Structure (Government Organization, Single /Multiple PRO)

• Set-Up of Producer Responsibility Organizations

- Legal Format / -owner

-Profit/Not-for-Profit

-PRO Management Structures / Staffing

- Producer Governance (Board Composition, Decision Making, Producer Representation)

• Managing WEEE within a producer

-Local or Central WEEE Management?

-Skills of Producer representative to a PRO (or other related functions, e. g. Clearing Houses)

6. Table of Country Implementation

7. Glossary

8. Bibliography

O autorze

Klaus Hieronymi has contributed – together with representatives from leading companies – to the development of the content of the German and EU regulations regarding the strategies and details of the implementation of the legislation in Germany, the EU, and the member states. He developed a strategy for mandatory and voluntary Take Back of retired products for his employer, HP Inc., and supported national Country experts with direction and training. He discussed elements of the document in various lectures, e.g., Lausanne and Peking University, and international conferences (e.g., IRC/Salzburg, IRC Asia). Klaus Hieronymi published various articles on WEEE and related subjects.

Blurb

The book is based on experiences made by the author when participating in establishing operational solutions for E-Waste legislation in many countries across the globe. Specific legislation for E-Waste, very often called “WEEE-Legislation” (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) has been a new undertaking, countries experimented with various options at the beginning, some of them were discarded, others maintained, and new options were invented. This book provides advice on the development and implementation from an operational perspective. It intends to offer to all stakeholders involved in the development and implementation of regulation for “WEEE” to benefit from the experience made in many countries across the globe. Due there is no “One Size Fits All” approach regarding various options for E-Waste legislation, the book offers insights into the various operational alternatives. The book especially outlines the operational consequences of principles that are set in the design phase of their country’s E-Waste legislation and provides advice on how to set up and manage organizations required for its successful implementation.