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4 th ITU Green Standards Week

Explore turning e-waste challenges into opportunities with the 4th ITU Green Standards Week, featuring facts, weaknesses, policies, and collaboration for sustainable e-waste management.

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4 th ITU Green Standards Week

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  1. Turning the e-waste challenge into an opportunity 4thITU Green Standards Week Cristina Bueti Adviser of ITU-T Study Group 5

  2. Facts about e-waste worldwide • Last year nearly 50m tonnes of e-waste was generated worldwide – or about 7kg for every person on the planet; • Only 8% of old cell phones are recycled properly; • Only 12.5% of e-waste is recycled; • Recycling one million laptops saves enough energy to power 3,600 homes. Photo credit: Andrew McConnell/Alamy Data source: http://www.mailinmobile.com/blog/7-shocking-facts-ewaste-worldwide-recycle-devices-today/#sthash.UFwlEc7l.dpuf

  3. Weaknesses of e-waste management systems E-waste dispersed Illegal traffic Speculation on compliance costs No clear common definition Lack of internationally comparable data Heterogeneous reporting requirements Developing country-specific criticalities Lack of transparent management of funding

  4. Prevention is better than cure Policies and standards Sustainable manufacturing practices: • Eco-design • Choice of reusable and non-toxic materials • Prolonged products life-cycle • E-waste disposals Source: http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/crazy-e-waste-statistics-explored-in-infographic.html

  5. E-waste in Asia (1) Asia e-waste market: USD 1.85 billion in 2012; USD 4.01 billion in 2017 (Frost & Sullivan, 2013) Challenges • Lack of legal framework • Well-established informal sector • Economic sustainability of formal recycling • Inadequate recycling infrastructure • Need to raise awareness • Data availability • Illegal shipments of e-waste United Nations University, 2013 Data source: StEP, 2012

  6. E-waste in Asia (2) People‘s Republic of China • The country is the second largest producer of electronic waste. • In 2011, it generated 7.253 tons of e-waste; 40 mn TV sets and 66.7 mn computers. • 2011 Regulation on Management of the Recycling and Disposal of WEEE; • Formal sector: 61 million home appliances collected and treated in 2011; • 250.000 informal recyclers. • (StEP, 2012; 2013; UNU, 2013) Basel Convention, 2014 Ewasteguide, 2011

  7. 4thITU Green Standards Week International Telecommunication Union (ITU) • UN specialized agency for ICTs • unique public/private partnership Members: • 193 Member States (Governments and regulatory bodies) • Over 700 Private Sector (Sector Members and Associates) • Over 63 Academia

  8. 4thITU Green Standards Week ITU’s mandate on e-waste • Assist countries to develop policies on e-waste management • Develop international standards on life-cycle management of ICT equipment • Help companies becoming more sustainable and socially responsible • Carry out research and development • Raise awareness

  9. 4thITU Green Standards Week ITU-T Study Group 5 Question 13 - Environmental impact reduction including e-waste Working Party 3 – ICTs and Climate Change Study Group 5 – Environment and Climate Change

  10. 4thITU Green Standards Week Research and development Identifying standards and policy needs An Energy-Aware Survey on ICT Device Power Supplies

  11. 4thITU Green Standards Week ITU Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector Purpose: enable the ICT industry to drive environmental best practice into its own performance.

  12. 4thITU Green Standards Week Collaboration with over 50 partners • 3p Institute for Sustainable Management • Alcatel Lucent • BBC • BIO Intelligence Service • BT • CEDARE • Climate Associates • ClimateCHECK • Cogeco Cable • DATEC Technologies • Dell • Ernst & Young • ETRI • ETNO • ETSI • European Broadcasting Union • NTT • Panasonic • PE INTERNATIONAL AG • Research In Motion • Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa • Step Initiative • Telecom Italia • Telecommunications Networks and Telematics Laboratory • Telecommunication Technology Committee • Telefónica • Thomson Reuters • Toshiba • United Nations Environmental Programme • United Nations Environmental Programme Basel convention • United Nations University • University of Genova • University of Zagreb • Verizon • Vodafone Ghana • France Telecom/Orange • Fronesys • Fujitsu • GHG Management Institute (GHGMI) • Hewlett-Packard • Hitachi • Huawei • IBI Group • Imperial College • Infosys • International Telecommunication Union (ITU) • Mandat International • MicroPro Computers • Microsoft • MJRD Assessment Inc. • National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications • Nokia Siemens Networks • NEC Empowered by Innovation

  13. 4thITU Green Standards Week Toolkit content

  14. 4thITU Green Standards Week End-of-life management for ICT equipment End-of-life management An outline of the various EOL stages (and accompanying legislation) , and support for creating a framework for environmentally-sound management of EOL ICT equipment. Material recovery and recycling Clean supply chains Offsetting and mitigation

  15. 4thITU Green Standards Week End-of-life management for ICT equipment Key guidance to ensure best practices: • General Material Recovery and Recycling Facility Guidelines/ minimum criteria to select a service provider • Clean Supply Chain and Conflict Minerals: An opportunity for a greener industry • Offsetting Opportunities and Mitigation: The ICT sector response to Social and Environmental issues generated by bad EOL practices Structure of analysis: • Legal frameworks • EOL management steps • Regulatory compliance • Best practice guidance • Clean supply chains and conflict minerals • Socio-economic issues • Corporate social responsibility • Checklists

  16. 4thITU Green Standards Week Global portal on ICTs, environment and climate change Launched in February 2014

  17. 4thITU Green Standards Week Raising awareness • ITU/NBTC Training for Asia-Pacific Region on "Leveraging ICTs for Smart Sustainable Cities“29 September - 2 October 2014, Bangkok, Thailand • Forum on "Sustainable smart cities: from vision to reality“13 (morning) October 2014, Geneva, Switzerland • 6th meeting of Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC)13 (afternoon) -16 October 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

  18. 4thITU Green Standards Week Next steps • Policy makers should have long-term sustainability ambitions • Consider e-waste management in the design of ICT policies • Implement international standards at the national level • Encourage concerted cooperation in handling e-wasteat the national, regional and international level • Improve the sustainability and competitiveness of manufacturing and business practices • Create manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources • Sustainable manufacturing also enhances employee, community, and product safety and promote green jobs • Foster public-private partnerships • Raise awareness at consumer level

  19. 4thITU Green Standards Week • ITU-T and Climate Changeitu.int/ITU-T/climatechange • Symposia & Events on ICTs and Climate Changeitu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange cristina.bueti@itu.int Thank you

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