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The Challenges of WEEE at University of Glasgow

The Challenges of WEEE at University of Glasgow. Ann Galbraith 11 July 2007. The key issues. The scale of the challenge Awareness & understanding Purchasing aspects Legal requirements Administrative & management issues Asset tracking Record keeping Disposal. The challenge at Glasgow.

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The Challenges of WEEE at University of Glasgow

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  1. The Challenges of WEEE at University of Glasgow Ann Galbraith 11 July 2007

  2. The key issues • The scale of the challenge • Awareness & understanding • Purchasing aspects • Legal requirements • Administrative & management issues • Asset tracking • Record keeping • Disposal

  3. The challenge at Glasgow • The number of people involved • The number of departments and budgets • The scale of expenditure/number of items

  4. The challenge at Glasgow • Geographical/physical issues • The culture • The range of activities

  5. Step 1 - Addressing awareness & understanding • Widespread direction to EAUC guidance • Purchasing • Purchasers supplied with standard phrases templates for ordering/tendering • Framework agreements will take account • Widespread advertisement of like-for-like obligations

  6. Step 1 - Addressing awareness & understanding • Legal requirements • Duty of Care training • Selection and audit of contractors for disposal • Encourage use of existing approved contractors

  7. Step 2 - Addressing administrative & management issues • Encourage linking to PAT and assets register databases. • Utilise Agresso financial records • Educate departments on retention of Transfer Notes. Periodic audit of departments.

  8. Step 3 – Addressing Disposal • Uplifts from each department and building • Environmental and sustainability issues a high priority. The issue of charities • Costs associated with these small uncoordinated uplifts

  9. Step 3 – Addressing Disposal • Currently have 2 approved suppliers for disposal of IT equipment and 1 for fridges • Proposing to continue with this system for IT and extend to much of other WEEE • Proposing to continue with existing system for fridge disposal and add ‘domestic’ WEEE

  10. Step 3 – Addressing Disposal • Disposal of highly specialist equipment on a case by case basis initially • Review disposal quantities and costs after ~18 months • Tender for framework agreement for disposals

  11. Considerations for the future • At what point will the disposal of non-like for like historic WEEE tail off? • For some items/end users is producer responsibility more trouble than it’s worth?

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