NCER Data

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NCER Data Analysis Of Electronics Recycling
Programs IAER Summit ? May 9, 2007
Heather Smith NCER Project Communications
Manager
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ABOUT US
Our Mission We are dedicated to the development
and enhancement of a national infrastructure
for the recycling of used electronics in the
U.S.

• ? Non-profit 501c3 based in Parkersburg, WV
• ? Part of the MARCEE Project, an economic
  development project focused on end-of-life
  electronics
• ? Manage a WV Electronics Recycling Program

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Overview

• What Well Cover
• ? Online Data Sharing Projects
• The NCERs Centralized Data Repository
• The NCERs Brand Data Management System
• ? The NCERs Per Capita Index
• ? State Electronics Recycling Program Data

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The CDR

• What is it?
• The Centralized Data Repository
• (or CDR) is an online data sharing project
• that houses e-waste collection statistics
  provided by
• various collection programs across the United
  States.
• ? www.electronicsrecycling.org/cdr
• ? Addresses need for central clearinghouse on the
• collection and recycling of electronic waste
• ? In particular, it highlights pounds and units
  collected
• across many different U.S. programs
• ?Allows you to view some data in report format

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AvailableCDR Reports

• ?Waste per Participant
• ?Units Collected by Product Type
• ?Total Participation by State
• ?Average Transportation Cost per Mile
• ?Other reports are also available but are subject
  to the availability of data.

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A Quick LookAt the Repository

• ?48 Programs Are Currently
• Listed In The Repository
• ?2 Of These Are Considered Nationwide Programs
• ?139,427,458 Total Pounds Have Been Recorded
• More Data is Needed!

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Top 10 programs listed in cdr by lbs. collected

• ? Electronic Recyclers International - CA
  (64,915,836 lbs)
• ? Massachusetts CRT Collection Program - MA
  (22,434,881 lbs)
• ? Hennepin County Consumer Electronics Program -
  MN (18,731,040 lbs)
• ? HP - Office Depot Nationwide Collection Program
  - CA (10,200,000 lbs)
• ? Maine Department of Environmental Protection -
  ME (3,847,669 lbs)
• ? Association of Minnesota Counties - MN
  (3,114,238 lbs)
• ? Delaware Solid Waste Authority - DE (2,562,000
  lbs)
• ? RET3 Job Corp, Inc. - OH (2,254,000 lbs)
• ? Somerset County Recycling - NJ (1,973,951 lbs)
• ? Kane County Electronics Recycling - IL
  (1,584,600 lbs)

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Only 50 of the States have some kind of
collection data recorded in the CDR. States
highlighted in GOLD have data, those in white DO
NOT

• All states show representation except
• Oregon
• Idaho
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Utah
• Colorado
• Arizona
• North Dakota
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Iowa
• Wisconsin

• Kentucky
• Tennessee
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• South Carolina
• Maine
• New Hampshire
• Delaware
• Alaska
• Hawaii

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Have data to submit or know someone who
does?Were Interested!
?Visit www.electronicsrecycling.org/cdr ?Sign up
for an account ?Have your data ready ?Critical
data collection location(s), collection date(s),
lbs/units collected, product scope and costs
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What are the benefits of sharing your data?

• ? Local Govts Private Collectors
• This database will help you evaluate your options
  
• for establishing used electronics collection
  programs, learn from
• colleagues, and help you measure your programs
  success.
• ? Recyclers
• By submitting your data, your company can gain
  national visibility,
• evaluate potential business opportunities, and
  contribute to the
• development of the electronics recycling industry
  as a whole.
• ? Stakeholders Interested in Electronics
  Recycling Policy
• Local, state, and the federal government are
  considering how to handle
• the challenges of recycling used electronics.
  Effective policies must be
• Based on a reliable data.

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How will the data be used?

• ? One of the main objectives of this
• effort will be the establishment of an updated
• baseline for national electronics
  collection/recycling data
• and measurement of progress for volumes of
  end-of-life
• electronics collected and recycled.
• ? Anyone can decide how the data will be used. It
  can be
• used to review your options for electronics
  recycling
• programs, evaluate costs for similar communities
  across the
• US, and evaluate lessons learned from others.

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Is the site user-friendly?

• Previous feedback from users as well as
• our own internal testing led us to discover some
• elements of the site in need of addressing
• ?Our new web design will make entering data
  easier!
• ?Visual/Navigational Improvements
• ?More User-Friendly Log-in Data Entry
• ?Allows Recycler Data Cell Phone Data
• ?Separates State-Mandated Programs (CA, ME)
• ?Site still under construction and will go live
  by end of May 07
• ?Your Comments Are Welcome!

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More about the ncers online data sharing
projects!
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The BDMS

• What is it?
• The Brand Data Management System
• is an online, publicly accessible data sharing
  project
• of brand return shares and data on state-mandated
  programs
• ? Currently 1,925 brands represented of monitors,
  TVs, desktops, laptops, and portable DVD
• ? Shows brands and their common misspellings
• ? Two main types of data
• Quantities (units/weight) returned of each brand
  in various locations
• Manufacturers claiming/registering each brand in
  state mandated programs, if available

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BDMS Reports
The BDMS has several reporting options ?
Compare brand return share across all studies
by product type (i.e., monitor) OR across all
product types ? Determine an average return
share for each brand across all studies and
product types ? You can determine manufacturer
return share (combination of claimed brands in
various states) ? Each brands registration or
claim status in each relevant state programs
using return share for billing purposes
currently MD, ME, and WA.
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ReturnShare

• Definitions vary usually a brand or
  manufacturers portion of the collected covered
  electronic devices
• Determined by two methods
• Count and record every unit return (Maine
  approach)
• Statistically valid sampling taken (Washington
  approach)
• Data in BDMS based on actual counts from pilots
  and Maine
• Important because it determines how much each
  manufacturer pays for recycling system costs in
  ME and WA.

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SAMPLE
report
This report shows that RCA has a total return
share of 8.94
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SAMPLE
report
This report shows Dells return share and claim
status across WA, ME and MD
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• What other data
• projects are
• on the horizon
• AT The NCER?

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Per CapitaCollection Index

• What is it?
• It is an index that measures changes in the
  amount of used electronic equipment collected in
  ongoing electronics recycling programs
• The Index is Based on Data From 6 Programs
• ? 3 statewide programs (CA, ME, DE)
• ? 1 large population local programs (Hennepin
  County, MN)
• ? 2 small population local programs (Branford, CT
  Kane County, IL)

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Per CapitaCollection Index

• The index will be updated annually
• to include
• ? Annual pounds collected per capita to one
  decimal place (e.g., 2.4 lbs./capita)
• ? Any new program data
• ? Product scope and covered entities not
  normalized, but will be adjusted if programs
  change
• Based on most recent data 2006 index is XXX

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• Are we monitoring data associated with the
  mandatory state programs?

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• YES!

National Electronics Recycling Infrastructure
Clearinghouse
www.ecyclingresource.org
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California

• California
• 20,000 retailers 28,500 locations registered to
  collect fee
• 90 of fees from 300 large retailers filing
  monthly
• 8-9,000 active quarterly filers
• 2005 Collected 73 million in fees
• 2006 Through Q3, collected 54.6 million in fees
• Projected 2006 total fees 72-74 million
• Total govt admin costs through 6/30/06 11.6
  million
• 10.9 of fees collected

• ? 20,000 retailers are registered to collect the
  fee
• ? 90 of the fees come from the largest 300
  retailers
• ? 2005 Collected 73 million in fees
• -31 million paid to recyclers for recycling of
  65 million lbs.
• -1.79 lbs/capita
• ? 2006 Collected 73.8 million in fees
• -60 million paid to recyclers for recycling of
  124 million lbs -3.4 lbs/capita (191 growth
  from 2005)
• ? Total govt admin costs through 6/30/06 11.6
  million
• ? There are currently 529 approved collectors
  55 approved recyclers

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MAINE

• ? 6 consolidators are approved for 2007
• ? In 2006 , collected 3.85 million lbs
• - 3.06 lbs/capita (annualized for 1/18/06
  start)
• X TVs, X monitors, X orphans of total weight
• ? X number of brands claimed by X number of
  manufacturers, X brands deemed orphan

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Maryland

• Registered Manufacturers
• as of 2/2/07
• ? 50 Companies for 2006
• ? 31 Companies for 2007 (January 1 deadline!)
• ? Product Scope Desktops Monitors only. Bill
  awaiting governors signature to add televisions.
• ? No pounds per capita information yet. Counties
  will receive grants for recycling in 2007.

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Washington
? Registration and Fee required for
manufacturers on 1/5/07 to sell products in the
state ? Fees based on manufacturers market
share range from 0 - 48,900 ? So far, 125
manufacturers have registered 173 total brands ?
Pounds collected per capita wont be available
until 2010 after program start in 2009
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Conclusion

• All these data elements form pieces
• needed for national infrastructure
• How much is being collected
• Which brands come back in what quantities, and
  who claims them?
• How many orphans are there?
• How much does a mandated program cost and how
  much does it collect?
• Are there other key questions? LET US KNOW!

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Thank you!
Heather Smith, NCER Phone (304)
699-1007 hsmith_at_electronicsrecycling.org Visit
us on the web www.ncerwv.org And
www.ecyclingresource.org