EPAs Current Electronics Initiatives

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EPAs Current Electronics Initiatives

• Katharine Kaplan OsdobaISEE/IAERMay 2005

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EPAs Electronics Goals

• Foster environmentally conscious design and
  manufacturing
• Increase purchasing and use of more
  environmentally sustainable electronics.
• Increase safe, environmentally sound reuse and
  recycling of used electronics

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Design for the Environment (DfE)Lead-Free
Solder Partnership

• EPA assisting industry to identify alternative
  solders that pose fewer risks over their life
  cycle.
• Goals of partnership project
• Evaluate environmental impacts of tin/lead solder
  and selected lead-free alternative solders
• Evaluate effects of lead-free solders on
  recycling and reclamation at end of product life
  cycle
• Assess the leachability of lead-free solders and
  their potential environmental impacts
• Draft final report expected to be posted by
  summer 2005
• www.epa.gov/dfe

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Energy Star

• New focus on power adapters.
• 1.5 million adapters in use powering phones,
  PDAs, MP3 players, and other gadgets.
• 35 more efficient standards mean 5 billion kwh
  in savings per year or elimination of 4 millions
  tons of ghg emissions.
• Contact Steve Ryan, ryan.steve_at_epa.gov

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CRT Rule

• Rule would streamline management requirements
  for used CRTs and processed CRT glass- excluding
  these materials from the RCRA definition of solid
  waste if they were sent for recycling under
  certain conditions.
• The rule is meant to encourage increased reuse,
  recycling, and better management of this growing
  wastestream, while maintaining necessary
  environmental protection.
• Rule expected to be finalized in
  September/October 2005.
• Contact Marilyn Goode, goode.marilyn_at_epa.gov

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Plug-In To eCycling

• An program to increase Americans awareness of
  the need to recycle e-scrap and create more
  opportunities for them to do so.
• Plug-In meets this goal trough a series of
  partnerships with manufacturers, retailers,
  state/local governments, and non-profits.
• Since the Plug-In launch in January 2003, EPA has
  signed on 20 manufacturer and retailer partners
  and 26 government partners.
• These partners collected and safely recycled 45.5
  million pounds of e-scrap in 2004.

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Plug-In Partners Who are they and what do they
do?

• EPAs industry Plug-In to eCycling Partners are
  
• Apple, Best Buy, Brother, Cingular (formerly
  ATT Wireless), Dell, eBays Rethink initiative,
  Epson, Good Guys, HP, Intel, JVC, Lexmark, Office
  Depot, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Sharp, Sony,
  Samsung and Staples.

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Plug-In Partners Who are they and what do they
do?

• EPAs local government Plug-In to eCycling
  Partners are
• Arlington, Texas Carver County, Minnesota
  Charlotte County, Florida Chelmsford,
  Massachusetts Citrus County, Florida Clinton
  County, Michigan Dubuque, Iowa Escambia County,
  Florida Fairhope, Alabama Hudson County, New
  Jersey Improvement Authority Indian River
  County, Florida King County Solid Waste
  Division, Washington Leon County, Florida Metro
  Solid Waste and Recycling, Portland, Oregon
  Miami-Dade County, Florida Northbrook, Illinois
  Oakland County, Michigan Polk County, Florida
  Rethink Waste/South Bayside Waste Management
  Authority Snohomish County, Washington Thousand
  Oaks, California

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Plug-In Partners Who are they and what do they
do?

• EPAs state government Plug-In to eCycling
  Partners are
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources Rhode
  Island Resource Recovery Group South Carolina
  Department of Health and Environmental Control
  South Carolina Recycling Market Development
  Advisory Council Minnesota Office of
  Environmental Assistance the Product Stewardship
  Institute.

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Plug-In Partners Who are they and what do they
do?

• Other Plug-In partners
• Electronics Industries Alliance, Earth 911, the
  Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation, the
  Cellular Telecommunications and Internet
  Association, Computers for Schools, eBays
  Rethink Initiative, TechSoup, and the National
  Cristina Foundation.
• All of these organizations help consumers
  identify reuse and recycling options for their
  unwanted electronics.

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Plug-In Partners Who are they and what do they
do?

• Partners
• Host/sponsor/collaborate on collection events or
  programs
• Conduct outreach (e.g., post information on
  website, run radio ads)
• Document data collection to feed info to national
  database
• Further safe recycling by hiring recyclers that
  meet EPAs ESM recycling guidelines

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Plug-In Pilots

• Staples/PSI New England Pilot in-store
  collection,
• reverse-logistics to distribution center, no
  fee,
• manufacturer assistance to pay for processing,
  IT equipment
• only. Results over 115,000 lbs. collected
• Office Depot partnered with HP nationwide
  in-store
• collection, no fee, HP processing all
• recycling, IT equipment and small TVs. Results
  over
• 10.5 million lbs. collected
• Good Guys Pacific Northwest Pilot in store
  collection
• with fee for TV, manufacturer assistance to pay
  for
• processing, and 10 off coupon for customer.
  Results
• over 4,000 TV collected, diverting approx.
  16,000 lbs. of lead from waste stream
• Best Buy/Target and MN Office of Environmental
  Assistance Pilot in store drop-offs with fee and
  10 gift card for consumer. Results over 350,000
  lbs. collected.

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Plug-In To eCycling Contacts

• Katharine Kaplan Osdoba, osdoba.katharine_at_epa.,gov
  
• Verena Radulovic, radulovic.verena_at_epa.gov

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Recycling Electronics and Asset Disposition
(READ) Services

• FAR Definition of GWAC
• Government-wide Acquisition Contract means a
  task order contract for information technology
  supplies or services by one Agency for
  government-wide use that is operated by an
  Executive Agent designated by the Office of
  Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to Section
  511(e) of the Clinger-Cohen Act, 40 U.S.C. 1412

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READ Services

• Recycling obsolete equipment
• Logistical assistance for equipment pick-up or
  equipment redeployment
• Reclamation of re-useable electronic items
• Data security safe disposal of sensitive or
  classified information
• Reporting functions real-time on-line audit
  trail of electronic components final
  destination and
• Share-in-Savings techniques to offset the
  recycling costs.

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Federal Government Electronic Recycling Efforts

• Most agencies follow Federal Property Mgmt
  Regulations (FPMR) procedures for asset
  disposition.
• A few Federal facilities use UNICOR for recycling
  electronics.
• GSA disposes of excess electronic property
  through either Federal donation, E.O. 12999
  (Computers for Learning), public auction, or a
  schedule scrap contractor.
• READ Services is the new alternative for proper
  electronic asset disposal.

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READ Accomplishments

• Surveyed over 30 Government entities who
  demonstrated an interest in READ Services.
• Received OMB approval for a Government Wide
  Acquisition Contract on March 19, 2004.
• Received 45 proposals on April 19, 2004.
• Awarded 7 contracts on December 15, 2004.
• Resolved multiple protests on April 25, 2005.
• Issued first orders in May, 2005.

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EPA READ Contractors

• Supplychain Services Inc. (SSI), Lombard, IL.
• Molam International, Marietta, GA
• Asset Recovery Corp, St. Paul MN
• Liquidity Services Inc. (LSI), Washington DC
• Hesstech, LLC, Edison, NJ
• HOBI International, Battavia, IL
• Global investment Recovery (GIR), Tampa FL.

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READ Contracts

• 5-year Period of Performance (thru 12/09)
• Fully-competed Multiple Award, Indefinite
  Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts
• Flexible Statement of Objectives (SOO)
• Performance Based Task Orders
• Complete Small Business Set Aside

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READ Orders Issued To Date

• Liquidity for EPA HQ
• Hesstech for EPA Region 2
• Molam for EPA Region 4
• Asset Recovery Group for RTP
• We are also in discussions with the other regions

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READ Services The Next Steps

• Coordinate efforts with EPAs Federal Electronics
  Challenge (FEC)
• Compete Customer Agencys Task Orders
• Provide Contract Administration and Task Order
  Placement Support
• Monitor and track customer satisfaction and
  contractor performance
• Additional Info. _at_ www.epa.gov/oam/read or
  contact voss.oliver_at_epa.gov _at_ 202-564-4514, or
  richardson.karen_at_epa.gov _at_ 202-564-4378