Product Stewardship Institute Fluorescent Lighting Dialogue Meeting

1. Product Stewardship InstituteFluorescent Lighting Dialogue Meeting LAMP RECYCLING IN THE CONSUMER SECTOR: MANUFACTURERS’ PERSPECTIVE MARK A. KOHORST NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Seattle, WA July 2008

2. Agenda • NEMA Lamp Section • NEMA Lamp Recycling Outreach • Manufacturers’ Proposal to AB1109 WG

3. NEMA Lamp Section • One of Roughly 50 NEMA Product Sections, Organized into 8 divisions • Constitutes Bulk of US-Based Lamp Mfrg Capacity • Members: 19 Companies incl. GE Lighting; OSRAM Sylvania, Philips Lighting, TCP, Inc., Feit Electric, etc. • Focus on High Quality, Energy-Efficient, Safe Lighting Products to Residential, Commercial, Govt, Industrial, Institutional, Automotive, and Specialty Markets

4. NEMA and Lamp Recycling • NEMA Funds and Operates www.lamprecycle.org • ‘One-Stop’ Source for Recycling Info • Contains State and Federal Rules; Links to Key Sites • Lists Recycling Contacts Across the US • ‘Massachusetts’ Page, Stemming from MA legislation • EPA/ALMR Lamp Recycling Outreach Program Grant • $815K, Also Involved SWANA • 2003-07 • Individual Company Initiatives • Online mail-back programs • Electrical distributors offering recycling box programs; customer assistance on finding recyclers • Service and maintenance programs “arrange” recycling services

5. Goals of Recycling Framework NEMA’S PRIORITIES ARE TO . . . . . • Maximize ConsumerParticipation and Recycling Rates • Eliminate Spent Lamps from landfills, Incinerators • Help Minimize Hg as an Environmental Concern WHILE ENSURING THAT . . . . . • Costs to Consumers are Minimized • Burden on Local/County Govts is Minimized • Energy Efficient Lights Remain Affordable No single stakeholder alone can achieve these goals

6. NEMA Proposal: Option M • Presented to Calif AB 1109 Stakeholder Task Force • Focus:To Advise Legislature on the “most effective, cost-efficient, and convenient method for the consumer” to recycle lamps • Also must advise on education and ‘designations’ on product and pkg • Concept – The Optimal Approach Results from Shared • Responsibility and Employs the Strengths/Advantages • of All Stakeholders • Requires Collaboration, Teamwork Among All Parties • Requires Understanding – and Respecting - the Relationships Among Stakeholders

7. Manufacturers Product Development! Business management skills Education and Outreach As individual companies Collectively as an industry through NEMA including www.lamprecycle.org Marketing Packaging Relationships with retailers (limited in scope and capabilities) Strengths of Each Party • Retailers and USPS • Convenience!! • Widespread availability • Education and outreach • Consumers • Control of end-of-life mgmt • Choice of brands and vendors • Haulers and Recyclers • Existing infrastructure • Safeguards, liability and certifications in place • Access to recycling data

8. Utilities Existing financial infrastructure Broad Ratepayer Base Large-scale lamp buy-down programs Education and outreach Strengths of Each Party Contd • State Government • Enforcement • Data collection point • Education and outreach • Local Government • HHW collection • Education and outreach

9. Option M: Stakeholder Roles/Responsibilities • Manufacturers • Reduce Hg (and other hazardous metals) in lighting products. • Develop alternative EE technologies containing fewer toxic materials • Coordinate with utilities on packaging/education options, rebates • Create and fund Third Party Organization (TPO) • Coordinate with TPO on • Developing PoS information about EE and recycling • Developing efficient, convenient collection/transportation/recycling • Collectors/Recyclers • Follow universal waste management requirements. • Secure contracts with individual retailers • Promote integrated programs with existing and prospective retail clients • Report recycling of California lamps to TPO

10. Stakeholder Roles Cont’d • Retailers • Serve as primary collection centers • Participate Voluntarily • Responsible for appropriate on-site management of returned lamps • Other “retail” locations such as USPS, HHW are options • Secure contracts for recycling services with haulers/recyclers • Obtain utility funding to subsidize recycling (either directly or through TPO) • Provide PoS sale information on EE benefits and recycling services • Report annual lamp sales in California to TPO • Sell brands only from manufacturers that join TPO • State Government • Certify recycling operations; Enforce Recycling Laws! • Provide compliance assistance to collectors and handlers • Work with TPO and other parties on data collection, E&O, metrics, etc • Maintain state lamp recycling website

11. Stakeholder Roles Contd • Local Governments • Partner on Outreach & Education on Disposal and EE with • State • Utilities • Retailers • Recyclers and manufacturers • TPO • Encourage retailers to serve as collection points • Work with TPO on • Providing local incentive programs to encourage recycling • Maximizing number of drop-off locations • State Legislature • Sets timeline

12. Stakeholder Roles Contd • Utilities (Investor and Publicly Owned) • Provide funding - either public goods charge or rate payer funds - for transport/recycling of lamps. (Requires Legislation?) • Manage and fund their own recycling incentive programs, or facilitate funds to TPO to manage program • Institute incentives (will vary by utility program) • Coordinate messaging with manufacturers and retailers on CFL • rebate programs • Coordinate messaging on energy efficiencywith Flex Your Power • Report data about ‘give-aways’ outside retail environment • Consumers • Bring lamps to recycling collection points for proper disposal • Provide feedback to TPO/state about recycling programs

13. Stakeholder Roles Contd • Third Party Organization • Key role: Coordinate development of effective collection infrastructure • Board of Directors will included manufacturers, other stakeholders • Work with government to develop metrics, interim goals and milestones • Manage funds from participating utilities • Reimburse collection locations for transportation/recycling costs • Coordinate on education/outreach with • State/local governments • Manufacturers & retailers • Recyclers • Utilities • Provide annual report on expenditures of collected funds • Establish mechanism for consumer feedback

14. Summary NEMA Supports System for Lamp Recycling in Calif that . . . • Emphasizes convenience and minimal costs to consumers • Reflects shared responsibility • Contains appropriate performance measures and requirements to collect data • Spreads costs over largest possible base (Public Goods Fees, as appropriate) • Ensures recycling facilities operate in compliance with all state regulations

15. CONTACT INFORMATION • Mark A. Kohorst • Senior Manager for Environment, Health & Safety • 703-841-3249 • Mar_kohorst@nema.org • NEMA Suite 1752 1300 North 17th Street Rosslyn, Va. 22209