CAL/EPACAL/EPA

ELECTRONIC WASTE FORUMELECTRONIC WASTE FORUM

WEEE DirectiveWEEE Directive

Peggy Harris, DTSCPeggy Harris, DTSC

Shirley Willd-Wagner, CIWMBShirley Willd-Wagner, CIWMB

WEEE Dir.-ObjectivesWEEE Dir.-Objectives

Prevention of WEEEPrevention of WEEE Re-use, recycling and other recovery Re-use, recycling and other recovery

of WEEE to reduce disposalof WEEE to reduce disposal Improve environmental performanceImprove environmental performance

WEEE Directive ScopeWEEE Directive Scope

Large household Large household appliancesappliances

Small household Small household appliancesappliances

IT and IT and telecommunication telecommunication equipmentequipment

Consumer Consumer equipmentequipment

Lighting equipmentLighting equipment

Electrical and Electrical and electronic toolselectronic tools

Toys, leisure and Toys, leisure and sports equipmentsports equipment

Medical devicesMedical devices Monitoring and Monitoring and

control instrumentscontrol instruments Automatic Automatic

dispensersdispensers

WEEE Dir.-Product DesignWEEE Dir.-Product Design

Member StatesMember States• Encourage design and production to Encourage design and production to

facilitate dismantling and recoveryfacilitate dismantling and recovery• Ensure design features don’t inhibit Ensure design features don’t inhibit

reuse and recyclingreuse and recycling

• Restrictions on Hazardous SubstancesRestrictions on Hazardous Substances• electrical and electronic equipmentelectrical and electronic equipment

ROHSROHS

New EEE does not contain lead, mercury, New EEE does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB, or cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB, or PBDEPBDE

Establish maximum, tolerable Establish maximum, tolerable concentration values concentration values

Consider if elimination or substitution is Consider if elimination or substitution is technically and scientificaly impracticable, technically and scientificaly impracticable, or impacts environmentally unsoundor impacts environmentally unsound

WEEE Dir. - Separate CollectionWEEE Dir. - Separate Collection

Member States shall ensure:Member States shall ensure:• WEEE returned from private households WEEE returned from private households

free of charge, including distributor take free of charge, including distributor take backback

• Producers (or TPO) provide for collection Producers (or TPO) provide for collection • WEEE collected is transferred to WEEE collected is transferred to

authorized treatment facilitiesauthorized treatment facilities• Minimum rate of separate collection of 4 Minimum rate of separate collection of 4

kg/inhabitant/year from private kg/inhabitant/year from private householdshouseholds

WEEE Dir. - TreatmentWEEE Dir. - Treatment

Producers (or TPO) to provide for Producers (or TPO) to provide for treatment of WEEEtreatment of WEEE

Permit Permit Inspection-once a yearInspection-once a year

• Type and quantities of wasteType and quantities of waste• General technical requirementsGeneral technical requirements• Safety precautionsSafety precautions

WEEE Dir.-RecoveryWEEE Dir.-Recovery

Producers (or TPO) to provide for Producers (or TPO) to provide for recovery of separately collected recovery of separately collected WEEE- individual or collectivelyWEEE- individual or collectively

Priority to be given to re-use Priority to be given to re-use By 12/31/06By 12/31/06

• Rate of component, material and Rate of component, material and substance re-use and recycling substance re-use and recycling minimum setminimum set

ReportingReporting

WEEE Dir.-FinancingWEEE Dir.-Financing

Producers provide for financing of Producers provide for financing of collection, treatment, recovery and collection, treatment, recovery and disposal for usersdisposal for users

Each producer responsible for new Each producer responsible for new products-individually or collectivelyproducts-individually or collectively

Historic waste-responsibility of all Historic waste-responsibility of all producersproducers

Producer supplying by “distance Producer supplying by “distance communication” also responsiblecommunication” also responsible

WEEE Dir.-Public InformationWEEE Dir.-Public Information

Member States responsible for educating Member States responsible for educating consumers aboutconsumers about• CollectionCollection• ResponsibilityResponsibility• Potential impactsPotential impacts• Labeling implicationsLabeling implications

Producers responsible for label denoting Producers responsible for label denoting separate collection requirementseparate collection requirement

EU-Current StatusEU-Current Status

Member States-1 ½ years to adopt Member States-1 ½ years to adopt WEEE DirectiveWEEE Directive

Many Member States have adopted Many Member States have adopted some type of legislation ranging from some type of legislation ranging from ARF (visible and invisible), EOL, ARF (visible and invisible), EOL, mandatory take back mandatory take back

11 countries have mandatory 11 countries have mandatory electronics recovery lawselectronics recovery laws

Peggy Harris, DTSCPeggy Harris, DTSC(916)324-7663(916)324-7663

www.dtsc.ca.gov/electronicwww.dtsc.ca.gov/electronic hazardous wastehazardous waste

Shirley Willd-Wagner, CIWMBShirley Willd-Wagner, CIWMB(916)341-6451(916)341-6451

www.ciwmb.ca.gov/electronicswww.ciwmb.ca.gov/electronics