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Enhancing the Sustainability of Electronic Waste Handling on the UW Seattle Campus Sponsored via the Green Seed Fund 2015 University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering Jack Lockhart, Rachel Roberts, Denise Wilson

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EnhancingtheSustainabilityofElectronicWasteHandlingon

theUWSeattleCampus

SponsoredviatheGreenSeedFund

2015

UniversityofWashingtonDepartmentofElectricalEngineering

JackLockhart,RachelRoberts,DeniseWilson

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EWasteHandlingatUWSeattleOverview

What'stheProblem?

UWSeattleSurvey

Howcanweimprove?

IncreasingAwareness

IncreasingEaseofRecycling

ImprovingReuseofElectronicWaste

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUW

UWSeattleSurveyfocusedon:

•  VolumeofElectronicWaste•  FrequencyofE-WasteRecycling•  FateofE-WasteRecycling•  E-wasterelativetootherWaste

Respondents(N=159)•  CollegeofEngineering:54%•  OutsideofCOE:46%

•  RegularTTFaculty:63%•  Staff:14%•  Other:23%

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUWVolumeofWaste:Howofteniselectronicwastedisposedof?

LaptopComputers

Weekly

Monthly

Yearly

<Onceayear

Never

PrinterCartridges

Printers,Scanners

ElectronicComponents

TestEquipment

•  BatteriesandPrinterCartridgesarethemostcommonformofelectronicwasteoncampus.

•  Mostlargerelectronicsaredisposedoflessthanonceayear.

•  Amajorityofrespondentsneverdisposeoftablets,E-readers,testequipment,customelectronics,fabricationequipment,orelectroniccomponents.

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUWFrequencyofRecycling:HowlikelyisE-WastetobeRecycled?

DesktopComputers

Batteries TabletsElectronic

ComponentsElectronic

Subassemblies

•  Computersandrelatedequipment(e.g.Tablets)aremostlikelytoberecycledwhendisposed.

•  Manysmalleritems,

suchaselectroniccomponentsandsubassembliesaswellascomputeraccessoriesaretheleastlikelytoberecycled.

VeryLIkely

Likely

SomewhatLIkely

NotLikely

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUWFateofRecycling:WhereisJob-RelatedElectronicWasteRecycled?

UWSurplus

OnCampusRecyclingBins

•  Mostjob-relatedelectronicsarerecycledthroughUWSurplus.

•  Somejobrelatedewaste,however,stilllandsinon-campusrecyclingbinsorotherrecyclingdestinations.

Between76%and100%

Between51%and75%

Between26%and50%

Between6%and25%

Lessthan5%

OtherRecyclingResources

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUWFateofRecycling:WhereisPersonalElectronicWasteRecycled?

CurbsideorDrop-OffFacilities

OnCampusRecyclingBins

•  Curbsideanddrop-offfacilitiesappeartobethemostcommondestinationforpersonalelectronicsrecycling.

•  Oncampusrecyclingbinsarenotapopulardestinationforpersonalelectronicsrecycling.

OtherRecyclingResources

Between76%and100%

Between51%and75%

Between26%and50%

Between6%and25%

Lessthan5%

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E-WasteRecyclingattheUWRecyclingofE-wasterelativetoOtherWasteontheUWSeattleCampus

Electronicsstillhaveawaytogotogethigherrecyclingrates.Batteriesarethemost-recycledelectronicsoncampus,andcouldbeconnectedwithsmallelectronicsrecyclingtoimproverecyclingrates.

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•  AttheUW

–  WebPages(ewaste.ee.washington.edu)

–  Seminars

•  IntheCommunity

–  WebPages(ewaste.ee.washington.edu)

–  Seminars,E-mailCampaigns,CommunityFlyers

–  EngineeringDiscoveryDays

E-WasteRecyclingIncreasingAwareness

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PlacementofGeneralPurposeE-Waste

RecyclingBinsinHighUseAreas

–  ElectricalEngineeringBuilding

–  ComputerScienceandEngineering

(PaulAllenCenter)

OneLocatedNearSmallereMediaBinsand

Recycling/CompostBinsToIncrease

AssociationWithWell-RecycledItems

(Batteries)andComposting/PaperRecycling

E-WasteRecyclingIncreasingEaseofRecycling

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FashioningElectronicWasteintoJewelryand...

E-WasteRecyclingImprovingReUseofElectronicWaste

EndlessPossibilities...

forusingelectronicwastetoraiseawarenessabout

theissuessurroundinglocal-to-globale-waste

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Overall,UWSeattlehandlesthedisposalofe-wasteresponsiblyrelative

toothercommunitiesintheU.S.However,someelectronicwaste

continuestofallthroughthecracks,givingUWevenfurtheropportunity

tobealeaderinEWasteRecycling&ReUse!

•  Manyuniqueorlowvolumeitemsneedtoberecycledasreadilyas

morecommon,highervolumeitems–thiscanbesupportedby

associatingless-recycleditemswithmost-recycleditemsthroughbin

placementandotherstrategictechniques.

•  UWcanbealeadernotonlyinrecycling,butindiscoveringnewways

toreuseandextendproductlifecycles,aswellastoraiseawarenessin

WesternWashingtonabouttheseriousnessofe-waste.

EnhancingtheSustainabilityofElectronicWasteHandlingontheUWSeattleCampus


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