Irish Compliance Scheme Business Model & Environmental Strategy Cost Effective Collective Scheme Best in Class Compliance Support of Members Quality Service to Stakeholders Open & Transparent Communications
WEEE Ireland EPR blueprint National Scheme set up by Irish Trade Associations in 2004 930 Members and growing, >76% Market Share Not for Profit & Strong Corporate Governance ethic Pan European support with WEEE Europe, WEEE Forum & Eucobat, PV Cycle Dedicated Compliance & Technical Teams auditing & inspections Contingency Reserve & Historical WEEE management Support for Irish Indigenous Recycling Facilities Communications with a purpose #RecycleforGood
INCREASE OF COLLECTION RATE Awareness Collection Points Metrics
"WEEE Ireland carries out in excess of 14,000 collections per year from more than 2,500 collection points"
Eurostat 2014 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/graph.do?tab=graph&plugin=1&pcode=t 2020_rt130&language=en&toolbox=sort
COLLECTIONS CHANNELS 2016= 12% increase!
KG PER CAPITA
NATIONAL WEEE COLLECTION RATES 2017= ~62%
GOOD PRACTICE & CHALLENGES The Set Up
WEEE Taskforce Engagement WEEE task force 2002 European experience Sweden / Norway / The Netherlands Stakeholder engagement IBEC / EPA / Local Authorities / Retailers / Recyclers Financial planning Visible fee Fair distribution
Legislation Responsibilities Understanding / Accepting / Delivering Detailed Regulation Clarity Legal responsibility Supporting compliance Recycling contractors Collections Equipment Services Treatment Knowledge of the business
STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TOGETHER WEEE Ireland Board CEO / Senior Management Multinationals SME s Chairman of the Trade Associations WGA CEDA..ICT
WEEE FRAMEWORK
Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner for the Environment, European Commission, keynote address, WEEE Forum Conference 2017 WEEE provides a prime example of why recycling efforts pay off; and it pays off for the environment, it pays off for industry, and it pays off in jobs...this industry is a prime example of why we need to move from waste management to resource management, and why we have to find circular solutions. The WEEE Forum is the voice of thirty-one WEEE producer responsibility organisations (PROs) in Europe and Australasia. Mandated by 31,000 liable producers of electrical appliances to collect, recycle and recover to the highest treatment standards 17 million tonnes of e-waste, the PROs have worked towards the development of a European economy that is more resource efficient and sustainable. WEEE Forum Key Figures
GOOD PRACTICE & CHALLENGES The Future
STRUCTURE & FRAMEWORK Ownership of Compliance Schemes All Members Directors & sector representation Financial transparency Full accounts Market share reconciliation Member obligation to pay their market shares Maximise collections Positive legislative framework Maximise collections High treatment standards Recycling standards Mandatory of ALL Schemes & Producers
STAKEHOLDERS & PARTNERS Stakeholder Regular workshop meetings Approved Bodies Published ARs for Schemes and Register Annual presentation and review of results Data check Authorised Representatives Review of functions Collections of small WEEE Retailer Local authority recycling centres Household recycling services Regulatory enforcement Competition Simple approach
WEEELABEX Certified Contractors
COMPETITION Competition 1 National Scheme for Packaging, Tyres, ELV... Competition IN the market, not FOR the market Review key benefits Vs disadvantages Recyclers Economies of scale
AWARENESS & FINANCING Awareness Actively promoting take back Across ALL categories Split Valuable / Hazardous Financing Future financing& technologies Support quality collections and treatment Full service Visible Fee Awareness Engagement of stakeholders Sustainable WEEE system
WEEE TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE Standards Excellence Best in Class
WEEE Forum Recycling Standards Approval for LIFE funding July 2008 4 year, multi-stakeholder process WEEE Ireland founding member www.weeelabex.org Development of a WEEE Label of Excellence Foundations for EN 50625 CENELEC Series of Standards European standards Collection / handling / storage / recycling / preparation for reuse / disposal Monitoring through standard auditing Reporting to WEEELabex Office WEEE Ireland use ONLY WEEELabex certified contractors Irish Lamp Recycling
Project SMASHER "All mixed WEEE collected at WEEE Ireland collection points is recycled by KMK Metals Recycling in Tullamore providing line of sight depollution, quality recycling and recovery to fraction level"
"All WEEE Ireland lamps are recycled in Ireland with 98% of the fractions retained in Ireland"
"In 2015 we collected and recycled 4,500tonnes of fridge freezers saving 5750.93T of CO2 equivalent gases being released into the atmosphere"
"The national collection rate for TVs in 2015 was 146% by weight but flat screens are starting to appear more in the waste stream in 2016 which will decrease the overall collection rate for this category"
LINE OF SIGHT Certified licensed operators Traceability Evidence of recycling Certification Transfrontier Shipment Quality output of fractions Recovery Rates target achievement "There can be no Circular Economy or CRM recovery without quality standards for WEEE recycling"
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