E-Waste and Recycling Programmatic Responsibilities

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E-Waste and RecyclingProgrammatic
Responsibilities

• Bud Rizer, Ed. D.
• Executive Director
• National Cristina Foundation

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History of NCF

• Technology coming out of its first place of use
  to make a significant difference in peoples
  lives.
• Taking technology from a place where it has
  little value to a location where its value is
  incalculable.

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National Cristina FoundationRe-Use Model
Responsible Re-Use and Recycling
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Our Shared Responsibility

• Assuring that no computer or other electronics
  that go out of their first place of use should
  ever be wasted but are reused to make an
  important difference in peoples lives
• And when they come to the end of their useful
  life, to assure that they are disposed of in
  environmentally friendly ways

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Obligations of Organizations Who Foster Re-Use

• Describe policies
• Identify e-waste disposal resources
• Train partners regarding responsible re-use
  practices

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NCF Policies

• Responsible Reuse  Evaluate where equipment is
  classified within its lifecycle, then determine
  most appropriate disposition for such
• Responsible Recycling Evaluate status of
   electronic equipment after reuse or
  consideration for reuse and determine most
  appropriate method of disposal. 

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Award of Property Document

• Your organization hereby agrees to remove any
  donor company asset tags or other identification
  from all donated equipment. Furthermore, your
  organization agrees to dispose of any unwanted
  technology, either at the time of acquisition or
  later, according to your applicable State
  Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

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Award of Property cont.

• Your organization agrees to indemnify, defend
  and hold harmless NCF and its donors from and
  against any and all liability and/or expense for
  any remedial or mediation action under (i) the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response,
  Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42
  U.S.C. sec. 9601 et seq. (ii) the Resource
  Conservation and Recovery Act (RCLA), 42 U.S.C.
  sec. 6901 et seq. (iii) any similar Federal,
  State or local law arising from the disposition
  of materials obtained through this Agreement and
  the NCF donation program or (iv) for any other
  applicable Federal, State or local law.

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Resource Information

• www.cristina.org under e-waste disposal
• www.cristinanetwork.org under resources

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CompTIAComputing Technology Industry Association

• Breakaway 2009 Conference
• August 14, 2009
• Sample of Survey Responses

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Trends Affecting Electronics Recycling

• Economics
• Decline in Commodity Prices
• Decline in Service Demand
• Capital and Credit Availability
• Export Issues and Bad Actors

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Current State Recycling Laws
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Industry Take-Back Programs Today

• Manufacturers
• Apple
• Cannon
• Dell
• Epson HP
• IBM
• Lenovo Lexmark
• Nokia
• Samsung
• Sony
• Toshiba

• Retailers
• Best Buy
• Costco
• Office Depot
• Staples

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Establishing a Baseline Knowledge of
Environmental Regulations
Very Knowledgeable
Somewhat Knowledgeable
Not Knowledgeable
28 of firms use an external resource to help
manage WEEE/RoHS compliance.
Source CompTIA survey of IT service providers
Base 64 companies
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Top 5 Green IT Service Offerings
Currently offer
Plan to offer within 2 years
Asset recovery, trade-in programs, donations, and
obsolescence processing also notable offerings
for some firms.
Source CompTIA survey of IT service providers
Base 51 companies
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Many of Your Customers Formalizing Green Practices

• 42 expect to have a comprehensive green policy
  within 2 years.
• 21 currently have a green compliance officer
  35 moving in that direction.
• 35 rank green in the upper half of priorities in
  their organizations 32 place it in the middle.
• 36 follow news about green IT on a frequent
  basis 46 occasionally.
• 19 have budget allocated for green IT
  initiatives 35 moving in that direction.

Partial green strategy
Comprehensive green strategy
No strategy, no green practices
No formal strategy, but engage in some green
practices
Source CompTIA survey of IT professionals Base
400
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Challenge You are responsible

• Various state regulations include sales
  restrictions, landfill bans, and export control.

Response

• Stay informed regulations vary
• Some states restrict sale of non-registered,
  non-approved, or non-branded product.
• You could be fined for product found in a
  landfill.
• Fines and penalties have been assessed for
  product found abandoned in storage.
• New laws address data wiping too

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Summary

• Promoters of technology re-use must assume the
  additional role of e-waste educator.
• The e-waste stream is still under development,
  but will continue to become a critical element of
  the re-use world.
• We are all in the same boat manufacturers,
  retailers, initial users and re-users of
  technology, thus any decisions made must reflect
  consideration of the entire process, not just an
  isolated component.