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The National Center for Electronics Recycling

The National Center for Electronics Recycling. Walter Alcorn Consultant and Co-Founder, National Center for Electronics Recycling July 21, 2005 MWCOG Recycling Committee. National Center for Electronics Recycling .

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The National Center for Electronics Recycling

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  1. The National Center for Electronics Recycling Walter Alcorn Consultant and Co-Founder, National Center for Electronics Recycling July 21, 2005 MWCOG Recycling Committee

  2. National Center for Electronics Recycling • Mission: coordinate the plethora of initiatives targeting the recycling of end-of-life electronics in the United States and support actions to move towards a national system • Manufacturer-led organization – leading companies on environmental initiatives on Advisory Committee

  3. National Center for Electronics Recycling • Advisory Committee • Canon • Dell • Hitachi • HP • IBM • Panasonic • Philips • Samsung • Sharp • Sony • Toshiba • Thomson

  4. NCER Cont’d • NCER Initiation • Concall in February with over 20 manufacturers • Prominent role at EPA National Meeting – 2 key proposals submitted • Incorporated as non-profit in WV, 501(c)3 status pending • Receiving seed funding from the MARCEE project • Advisory Board • Manufacturers, approve projects • Multi-stakeholder project committees

  5. NCER Initial Activities • Initial Projects: determined through survey of manufacturers • Multi-State Third Party Organization • Data Clearinghouse • Orphan/White Box • News Articles • Multi-State Third Party Organization • Working with existing effort in Pacific NW • 9 committed manufacturers • Assume one or more functions of electronics recycling system implementation in selected states, including • Contracting for recycling services • Facilitate collection activities • Track and report material flows

  6. Multi-State TPO • What are the priority questions that need to be answered prior to TPO formation? • Liability concerns • Anti-trust concerns • Roles/responsibilities • Use of ESM if contracting for recycling (does TPO need to have certification system?) • Multiple TPOs • How can they function together (i.e. OR bill)

  7. Example Multi-State TPO Models • Unified TPO • Set fee, collect fee, contract for recycling, 1 authorized TPO • Limited Function TPO • No fee collection, but manages funds, contracts w/recyclers • May not be exclusive to provide services • Compliance TPO • Work on behalf of OEMs in IPR system • Logistics TPO • Coordinate pickups among consolidation points, allocate responsibility among OEMs

  8. Data and Information • Data Gathering and Dissemination • Clearinghouse of reports, data, studies • Centralized Data Repository • Data collection forms • Go to www.electronicsrecycling.org/cdr • “How to” documents • National Baseline analysis • All accessible through www.electronicsrecycling.org/ncer

  9. Example Data Collection Forms

  10. Other NCER Projects • News Articles • Collect and send a bi-weekly summary of news articles related to electronics recycling to a wide audience of interested stakeholders

  11. The Orphan-White Box Project • Look at existing brand summaries • Determine possible brand responsibility • Goal: improved identification of orphan products and better identification of products from "white box" manufacturers • Orphan Definition? • Usually a waste for which a manufacturer can not be identified or waste for which its manufacturer is no longer in business • Key question: does brand/manufacturer have a successor?

  12. Orphan-White Box Project

  13. Orphan-White Box Project • White Box definition? • A white box computer is a custom-built computer with name-brand internal components...White boxes are generic computer systems that don't carry any particular brand name • With CA, ME, and MD laws, brand label required • How do we identify and track both for returns and CA ARF collection?

  14. Monitor Brand Share From Florida, NE Staples pilot, Hennepin County

  15. Age Distribution of Products CollectedFL DEP

  16. Example from FL DEP

  17. Next Steps for the NCER • Follow through with existing projects • Provide coordination, research and implementation support on electronics recycling initiatives at the local, state, regional and national levels

  18. Thank You! Walter Alcorn, NCER consultant walter@alcornconsulting.com Jason Linnell, NCER Executive Director jlinnell@electronicsrecycling.org

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