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International Association of Electronics Recyclers® Presidents Report Peter R. Muscanelli

International Association of Electronics Recyclers® Presidents Report Peter R. Muscanelli Double Tree Valley Resort Scottsdale Arizona May 13, 2004 A Vision for the Future “ After transformation- Let’s Soar!” Observations Increased awareness of the electronics recycling industry

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International Association of Electronics Recyclers® Presidents Report Peter R. Muscanelli

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  1. International Association of Electronics Recyclers®Presidents ReportPeter R. Muscanelli Double Tree Valley Resort Scottsdale Arizona May 13, 2004

  2. A Vision for the Future“After transformation- Let’s Soar!”

  3. Observations • Increased awareness of the electronics recycling industry • More recyclers with increasing capacity-world wide market • No generally accepted standards or certification process in place • Potential for industry to receive negative PR • 50 different states/50 different laws • Increased regulation/Increased expense • Need for continual improvement • Industry issues • Electronics recyclers or scrap recyclers

  4. Increased awareness of the electronics recycling industry • The public • The business sector • Communities, municipalities, Governmental agencies • Entrepreneurs

  5. More recyclers with increasing capacity worldwide market • More competition • Decreasing margins • Increased inefficiencies • No standards for monitoring start-ups

  6. No generally accepted standards or certification process in place • IAER Certification • ISO Certification • OEM supplier qualifications • Government procurement guidelines • NGO checklists • Federal & State regulations

  7. Potential for industry to receive negative PR • Without standards, or good EMS, will electronics recycling facilities become our next brown fields? • Warehouses of collected material by unregulated recyclers • Exporting to unsupervised markets (where will the next video come from?)

  8. 50 Different states/50 different laws • Without a Federal law, each state may enact a different version • ARF/recycling fee • What equipment will be covered by what law? • Increased regulation means increased expense and mistakes (KISS) • Regionalization will cause further expense

  9. Industry regulation/Increased expense • Regulation increases paperwork, which increases time, which increases labor, which will increase expense overall to the recycler • Potential for misunderstanding different regulations with different requirements • Maintaining current understanding of different regulations will further add to the electronics recyclers liability and expense

  10. Need for continual improvement • Electronics recyclers need to buy into the fact that as a growing and emerging industry the industries that they service are continually evaluating their efficiencies and overall improvement of their system • The need for continuous improvement must be achieved by raising the industry standards. Without industry standards regulation is inevitable • Continuing education of industry employees is essential to achieving this goal

  11. Electronics recyclers or Scrap recyclers • They are related industries with similar goals with different strategy and tactics • Currently work together • Different levels of expertise in the fields • Different ways of processing materials • Different logistics and infrastructure • Similar customer base • Opportunity to maximize returns to both parties

  12. Industry Issues • Awareness • Standards and best practices • Export • Labor (private, prison, export) • Legislative

  13. Potential solutions • Strong EMS standards & certification accountability (downstream), with third party verification • Alliances within the industry • Strategic alliances with OEM’s • Continuing education through The International Electronics Recyclers Institute® (IERI) • Accurate industry data (bench mark how well we are meeting our goals)

  14. IAER • Recognized industry trade association, 100+ members in 15 countries • Industry database (website – 60+ K hits/month) • Certification program, industry specific, third party audit • 2003 Industry Report - updated industry data • Electronics Recycling Summit® • IERI offering continuing educational opportunities • ERCN- Electronics Recycling Collaboration Network

  15. www.iaer.org

  16. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY REPORT International Association of Electronics Recyclers Revised May 2004

  17. For more information – including ordering, go to the web page at: http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm

  18. CONTENTS of the IAER INDUSTRY REPORT • Industry Overview • Industry Study • IAER Industry Survey • IAER Research • IAER Overview • IAER Resources • Guide to Services & Programs • Industry Directory

  19. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY PROCESS MODEL • SOURCES/GENERATORS • Field Returns • Surplus • Trade-Ins • Obsolete/EOL OEMs USERS LEASCOs TRIAGE • ELECTRONICS RECYCLING • INDUSTRY SEGMENTS/OPERATIONS • Asset Management • Broker • Re-Use • De-Manufacturing • Parts Recovery • Materials Recovery • Materials Processing As-Is Repair Refurbish RESALE Scrap Equipment Disassembly Recover Parts Separate Materials RESALE Materials Shred, Grind, Separate Refine, Smelt, Melt, Pelletize Metals, Glass, Plastics Primary Materials Processors

  20. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING PROCESSES Incoming computer equipment Disassembly operation Parts stocking Chip removal Photos courtesy of Fox Electronics

  21. Electronics Shredding Operation Photos courtesy of United Recycling Industries

  22. Metals Refining and Sampling Process Photos courtesy of Metech International

  23. Respondents to IAER Survey NFPs OEMs Electronics Recyclers

  24. Years in the Electronics Recycling Business >10 3-5 5-10 Number of years

  25. Number of EmployeesInvolved in Electronics Recycling Operations >100 51-100 <10 21-50 10-20 Number of employees

  26. Electronics Recycling Revenue Annual US$ (millions) >$10M <$1M $5-10M $1-5M

  27. Total Volume of Electronics Processed Annual Volume in Pounds (millions) >20M <1M 10-20M 1-2M 5-10M 2-5M

  28. ELECTRONICS RECYCLERS in the USA (data from IAER database) Number of Recyclers Not including OEMs & NFPs

  29. HIGHLIGHTS from IAER SURVEY • Electronics recycling companies in the USA: over 400 • Employees: over 7000 • Annual Revenue: over $US 700 million • Annual Volumes processed: • over 1.5 billion pounds (750K tons) • including more than 40 million units of computer equipment • electronics recycling process yielded approximately 900 million pounds of recyclable materials

  30. CHALLENGESfacing YOUR electronics recycling operations(from IAER Industry Survey) • Cost of operations • Markets for outputs • Sources of equipment • Prices for materials & parts • Capacity • Other

  31. CHALLENGESfacing the electronics recycling INDUSTRY(from IAER Industry Survey) • Legislation/regulations • Consumer/residential electronics • Plastics recycling Logistics/transportation • Product take-back programs • Recycling technology • Other

  32. TOTAL COMPUTERS SHIPPED in the USA (data from ITIC 4) Units – Millions

  33. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHIPPED TO US RETAILERS Units- Millions (data from EPA 5)

  34. ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS OWNED by AMERICAN CONSUMERS (data from CEA 6)

  35. LIFE SPANS OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (from EPA 5) Years- range

  36. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS OUTLOOK 10 Cumulative Volume – Billions of units Electronics scrapped by consumers 2 Electronics products owned by consumers 2010 2003

  37. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OUTLOOK 2.0 Cumulative Volume – Billions of units 1.5 Computer products scrapped 1.0 0.5 Computer products installed 2010 2003

  38. HIGHLIGHTS from IAER RESEARCHOutlook to 2010 • Consumer electronics: • About 3 billion units will be scrapped • or an average of about 400 million units/year • Computer Equipment (from all sectors): • about one billion units will become potential scrap • or an average of more than 100 million units/year • Electronics Recycling Industry • to grow its capacity by a factor of 4 or 5

  39. MUNICIPAL COLLECTION PROGRAMS

  40. RECENT WASTE STREAM DATA FEDERAL DATA (EPA/Franklin Associates – 2001) • Total generation of consumer electronics waste in the U.S. municipal waste stream • Over 2 million tons per year • ~1.3% of total municipal waste stream • Less than 10% recovered for recycling STATE DATA (MN, PA, WI, OR, VT Studies: 2000-2002) • Consumer electronics represents an average of 1.7% of municipal waste stream

  41. ITEMS COLLECTED in MUNICIPAL PROGRAMS (data from EPA 11) % by number of items

  42. Material Composition of Consumer Electronics in Municipal Waste Stream (data from EPA 5) % by weight

  43. Composition of Demanufactured Computer Equipment (data from UMass19) Plastics & Trash Wire Parts/Asm.

  44. COST ELEMENTS of RECYCLING (data from Minnesota 12) % of total costs

  45. Reuse of Electronics TVs Laptops Monitors Keyboards CPUs NERC Study - 2003

  46. EXPORT MARKETS

  47. OBSERVATIONS • Electronics Recycling Industry has been driven by commercial sector • Consumer electronics have not been a factor in the market due to costs, value & logistics • Computer equipment comprises most of volumes currently recycled • Electronics recycling costs money - but also recovers value in products, parts & materials • Industry still emerging - fragmented, small Co’s, limited process technology & capital

  48. IAER Web Site - http://www.iaer.org Email - Info@iaer.org

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