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2005 IEEE International Symposium onElectronics
the Environment / Electronics Recycling Summit
Session S3 Consumer Electronics - Finance and
Infrastructure Models

• Who is
• Status in Europe / plans
• Infrastructure
• Financing

Peter Bornand,Chairman of SWICO Environmental
Commissionpeter.bornand_at_swico.ch / Tel. 0041 44
445 38 09
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Introducing
Swiss Association for Information, Communication
andOrganisation Technology (www.swico.ch)

• Examples of providedservices to members
• Communication platform for the ICT-industry
• Co-partner for trade fairs
• Training/Education programs
• Legal support
• Safety and security programs
• Complete sets of ICT-contracts
• SWICO Recycling
• etc.

Six fields of competency Information
technology and telecommunications Organisational
technology, office equipment Office
technology Consumer electronics Software and
services Suppliers for the graphical industry
gt 400 membersgt 46000 employees gt US 15 billion
revenue
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Competence of S.EN.S and SWICO
Foundation for Disposal in Switzerland

• Small household
• Large household
• CFC appliances
• Household tools
• Games

• Office and IT
• Telecommunication
• Graphical Industry
• Consumer Electronics
• Dental equipment

5 kg per inhabitant/year
5 kg per inhabitant/year
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Concept SWICO Recycling Guarantee(voluntary
system)
nationwide acceptance
producer responsibility
secured financing
controlled recycling
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The seven pillars of recycling systems
Take-back infrastructure
Legal base
Financing
Existing waste streams
Recycling infrastructure
Respon-sibilities
Control
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Legal
base
ORDEA
WEEE

• Objectives
• Responsibilities
• Product design
• Separate collection / rate
• Marking
• Private / not private
• One-to-one
• Treatment
• Recovery rates
• Financial guarantees
• Historical waste

Obligation to return separately
Consumer
obligation of taking back free of charge
obligation of disposal
Dealer/ Producer
disposal permit for recyclers
Recycler
export permit for disposal
Exporter
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9 Systems
What is the WEEE Forum ? The WEEE Forum is a
group of representatives of voluntary
collectiveWEEE take-back systems, taking care of
individual producersresponsibility in Europe. It
was founded in April 2002. The members are
organisations executing operative, collective
WEEEtake-back systems, which are non-profit or
non-profit oriented andacting on behalf of
industry or industry sectors.
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Take-back model Switzerland
regionalised concept
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business
households
manufacturers/ importers
collection points gt 400
trade
S W I C O l o g i s t i c s c o n t r a c
t o r s
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gt 51 dismantling and 16 recycling companies
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Financing (Advanced Recycling Fee, ARF)
Manufacturers/ importers
Group Account SWICO
half-yearly
BillingARF as a separate item
Trade
Payments for recycling, logistic, collection
Billing Inclusion of ARF mentioned
Consumer
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Pie in the sky ?
No !
www.swico.ch
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