UK WEEE Directive Aim To minimise the impacts

UK WEEE Directive Aim- To minimise the impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their life time and when they become waste. 22/12/2007

What is WEEE trying to Achieve 22/12/2007

Who is responsible Producers and Importers (P/Is) of electrical & electronics to the EU regardless of size and market shire. Brand named products are classified, in this case, as the responsible company. Sub-assemblies by another manufacturer within a branded product are still the responsibility of the brand name. Sub-assemblies sold on the open market that usable in its own entity are classified as branded products. 22/12/2007

Who is responsible Communication and Radio manufactures have split into two groups as to registering with a scheme; 1. Registering as the brand name. 2. Use their importers as there registering company(s) 3. In some cases it has transpired that there are multiple importers registered with a schemes to cover one single brand. 22/12/2007

Financing & Collection of WEEE • Producers/Importers will have to register with a scheme, Anyone suitably qualified can develop their own. • Financing will be according to market shire. • The scheme will organise collection of materials from B 2 B/B 2 C customers facilities and or recycling centres. • Reporting guidelines are only just being given by SEPA/EA. 22/12/2007

Fixed Installations 22/12/2007

Legislative Considerations Waste Management License (Site and Carrier) Landfill Directive Battery Directive Basel Convention (In force for 11 years) Trans-frontier Shipment Regulations European Waste Catalogue EA/SEPA interpretation of the laws! 22/12/2007

Legislative Considerations P/Is have a Duty of Care to ensure their products are recycled in an environmental manner and their recycling partners have the appropriate “know how”, accreditations and waste management licences. Reuse and resale are to be encouraged. The WEEE Directive will require recyclers AATFs to have at least ISO 14001 and the “appropriate” WML. And to be an AE (Approved Exporter) when exporting any recycling materials aboard regardless of classification. 22/12/2007

Legislative Impacts The WEEE Directive interacts with other directives. If an item is not considered fit for the original purpose it may be considered as waste! Even some materials moved across border for repair maybe classified as waste! (England & Wales differ in the interpretation of waste to Scotland. Movement of waste nationally follows the EWC classifications. Internationally the movement of waste follows the OECD Basel Convention on the trans-frontier movement of waste regulations (TFS) Materials that are “green listed” in one directive maybe hazardous waste (“amber listed”) in the other. 22/12/2007

Recycling Effectively • ISO 9001 2000 & 14001 are important. • Audit trails, environmental and financial are just as important. • Defined process flows. • Recording of reporting of data. • EMS information so P/Is can report back WEEE information. • Experienced electronics recyclers have good working knowledge of legislation, hazards etc. 22/12/2007

UK WEEE Time Frame 4 2 rd January 2007 UK WEEE became law. 4 31 st January applications for UK WEEE schemes have to be lodged with the UK Environment Agencies. 4 15 th March Producers & Importers have to be registered with Compliance Scheme. 4 1 st April 2007 Producer responsibility for hazardous WEEE products which include screens, monitors, fridges, freezers and gas discharge lamps. 4 1 st July 2007 Full Producer responsibility starts (First Period) 4 15 th October 2007 Producers & Importers have to be registered with Compliance Scheme for 2 nd Period. 4 1 st January 2008 Second Period, all UK P/Is must be registered 22/12/2007

UK WEEE Scheme 37 schemes have been registered for the UK 4000 P/Is have enlisted so far out of a potential 37, 000 The remaining P/Is have until the end of the 1 st period (December 07) to join a scheme Many manufacturers have joined a scheme thinking it will solve their obligations, and it will! But they will lose the full audit trail and sight of the path the products take through the recycling process and whether onto the reuse market!!! 22/12/2007

UK WEEE Scheme Datec operates one of the schemes as a JV with BTR, Warrington to enable its customer’s to maintain continuity over their WEEE obligations and recycling of their products. 22/12/2007

WEEE Compliance UK (WCUK) Europe Datec/BTR are licensed operate a B 2 B Compliance Scheme WCUK is registered with SEPA but will operate throughout the UK, but will have facilities in Scotland England. To offer our customers in-house recycling and WEEE compliance via WCUK JV customised to suit. Audit route from WCUK to AATFs very defined. Helps keep our existing customers from being part of another scheme which can use another AATF Remember! Datec & BTR are AATFs (not the WEEE scheme WCUK. In reality, WCUK is there to help facilitate our core businesses. 22/12/2007

WEEE Compliance UK (WCUK) Europe Administration/reporting cost – negotiable, depending upon customer £ 450 to £ 900 period. • effective solutions with clear cost model • WCUK will handle all your compliance legal obligations • Full WEEE reporting • Producer registration free; Non VAT reg £ 30 Upto £ 1 m £ 225 Over £ 1 m £ 445 • Self financing (depending upon products) • Datec and BTR designated AATF & AE (scheme parents) • WEEE + EWC, OECD, Battery (2008) directive updates 22/12/2007

WEEE Compliance UK (WCUK) Europe 2 - Small household appliances. 3 - IT and Telecommunications. 4 - Consumer Equipment. 7 - Toys, leisure and sports equipment. 8 - Medical Devices. 9 - Monitoring and control instruments. 22/12/2007

WEEE Compliance UK (WCUK) Europe Both companies will still offer their brand of recycling/asset management using WCUK (Europe) as a vehicle for business. • Datec will continue to work with Telecomunications and manufacturing companies both as a scheme and AATF we can cover our customers WEEE requirements for recycling and reporting, not only for the UK but anywhere in Europe. • Offering total control, logistics, Transfrontier movement, serial/IMEI recording, dissassembly for parts, stock return, component refurbishment (to board level), metal refining, battery collection, testing, and recycling (in conjuntion with Akku. Ser). 22/12/2007

WEEE Compliance UK (WCUK) Europe 22/12/2007

European Battery Directive 22/12/2007

European Battery Directive The Directive prohibits: • batteries and accumulators, whether or not incorporated in appliances, containing more than 0. 0005% by weight of mercury (except for button cells, which must have a mercury content of less than 2% by weight); • portable batteries and accumulators, including those incorporated in appliances, with a cadmium content by weight of more than 0. 002% (except for portable batteries and accumulators for use in emergency and alarm systems, medical equipment or cordless power tools). 22/12/2007

Europan Battery Directive “old” ANNEX I BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS COVERED BY THE DIRECTIVE 1. Batteries and accumulators put on the market as from the date laid down in Article 11 (1) and containing: - more than 25 mg mercury per cell, except alkaline manganese batteries, - more than 0, 025 % cadmium by weight, - more than 0, 4 % lead by weight. 2. Alkaline manganese batteries containing more than 0, 025 % mercury by weight placed on the market as from the date laid down in Article 11 (1). 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled Member States must take whatever measures are needed (including economic instruments) to promote and maximise separate waste collections and prevent batteries and accumulators being thrown away as unsorted municipal refuse. They have to make arrangements enabling end-users to discard spent batteries and accumulators at collection points in their vicinity and have them taken back at no charge by the producers. 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled The recycling of battery and accumulator content to produce similar products or for other purposes has to reach the following levels by 26 September 2011: • at least 65% by average weight of lead-acid batteries and accumulators, including the recycling of the lead content to the highest degree that is technically feasible; • 75% by average weight of nickel-cadmium batteries and accumulators, including the recycling of the lead content to the highest degree that is technically feasible; • at least 50% by average weight of other battery and accumulator waste. 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled Collection rates of at least 25% and 45% have to be reached by 26 September 2012 and 26 September 2016 respectively. 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled In principle, it must be possible to remove batteries and accumulators readily and safely. It is for Member States to ensure that manufacturers design their appliances accordingly. Member States also have to ensure that, from 26 September 2009 at the latest, batteries and accumulators that have been collected are treated and recycled using the best available techniques. Recycling must exclude energy recovery. As a minimum, treatment must include removal of all fluids and acids. Batteries and accumulators must be treated and stored (even if only temporarily) in sites with impermeable surfaces and weatherproof covering, or in suitable containers. 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled Treatment and recycling may take place outside the Member State concerned or even outside the Community, provided EU legislation on the shipment of waste is respected. The producers have to bear the cost of collecting, treating and recycling industrial, automotive and portable batteries and accumulators, as well as the costs of campaigns to inform the public of these arrangements. Small producers may be exempted from this obligation if this does not impede the proper functioning of the collection and recycling schemes. All producers of batteries and accumulators have to be registered. 22/12/2007

To ensure that a high proportion of spent batteries and accumulators are recycled Key terms • "Battery" or "accumulator": any source of electric energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or of one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable). • "Button cell": any small round portable battery or accumulator whose diameter is greater than its height and which is used for special purposes such as hearing aids, watches, small portable equipment and back-up power. 22/12/2007

WEEE & the Battery Directive WEEE Article 4 Product Design Member State shall encourage the design and production of EEE which takes into account and facilitates the dismantling and recovery, in particular the reuse and recycling of WEEE, their components and materials BATTERY Article 11 Removal of Waste Batteries Member States shall ensure that manufacturers design appliances in such a way that waste batteries and accumulators can be readily removed 22/12/2007

Ro. HS and Batteries 22/12/2007

Date Times 22/12/2007

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