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ESEE 2011

ESEE 2011. Improving e-waste policies: The role of post-normal indicators. Cédric Gossart. Jaco Huisman. What is e-waste?. Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) > 50 Mt every year in the world Fastest growth rate among all types of wastes E-wastes are hazardous waste

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ESEE 2011

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  1. ESEE 2011 Improving e-waste policies: The role of post-normal indicators Cédric Gossart Jaco Huisman

  2. What is e-waste? • Waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) • > 50 Mt every year in the world • Fastest growth rate among all types of wastes • E-wastes are hazardous waste • They cause ecological, health, and ethical problems

  3. Life cycle of ICTs

  4. http://ewasteguide.info/images_galleries

  5. Credits: Cédric Gossart, StEP, http://www.step-initiative.org/pdf/annual-report/Annual_Report_2010.pdf

  6. E-waste policies • Europe: The WEEE directive http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee http://www.step-initiative.org/ • USA: A patchwork of heterogenous policies http://www.electronicsrecycling.org • China: WEEE directive in place in 2011 http://www.bcrc.cn

  7. How (in)effective?

  8. 2009 EU Collection ranking 3.1 Mton = +/- 37% of all WEEE/ = 28% of EEE (3yr placed on market) * Luxembourg to high PPP to be properly estimated, Finland, Malta, Cyprus unknown ** Germany: unclear treatment amounts after collection

  9. Carrots or sticks? • « It depends… » (says the economist) • Spin doctors’ piece of (expensive) advice:

  10. The StEP carrot: the E-waste Solutions Index (ESI) Agregated index allowing us to evaluate and compare the solutions put in place in any country in the world to solve the e-waste problem(=> incentives for governments to improvethese solutions –not much to beexpectedwithoutstrongpolicies).

  11. Why « post-normal »? (1) • SPRU + Turnpenny & Jones paper (ref. below) • PNS: response to Kuhn’s « normal science » (NS) • NS: “research firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements, achievements that some particular scientific community acknowledges for a time as supplying the foundation for its further practice” Turnpenny, J., M. Jones, et al. (2010), "Where Now for Post-Normal Science? A Critical Review of its Development, Definitions, and Uses", Science, Technology & Human Values.

  12. Why « post-normal »? (2) • Ravetz (1971): need to “deindustrialize science”(in ref. below) • Funtowitz & Ravetz (1991): new methods must be developed « when facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent » (in ref. below) • It is the case with e-waste: too many risks of lock-in because too many routines and vested interests => Policy evaluations should be designed in such a way that they maximise their impact on the policy process. Turnpenny, J., M. Jones, et al. (2010), "Where Now for Post-Normal Science? A Critical Review of its Development, Definitions, and Uses", Science, Technology & Human Values.

  13. Characteristics of a PN indicator • Designed to have a strong impact on the policy process (too many complex systems are built and not even used: see presentation by Tom Bauler in this conference): MAKE A (social & environmental) DIFFERENCE • Simple to understand and to use (« better evidence does not necessarilly lead to better decision », in ref. below) • Uses knowledge embedded inextended peer communities => participation of a broad range of stakeholders => use of a variety of knowledge sources Turnpenny, J., M. Jones, et al. (2010), "Where Now for Post-Normal Science? A Critical Review of its Development, Definitions, and Uses", Science, Technology & Human Values.

  14. StEP ADDRESS Amounts Progress Knowledge Input Module Criteria selection Int. Comparison Modelling Module Benchmark Structured Information Output Module Progress Indicator ADDRESS Training StEP ADDRESS project

  15. ESI construction

  16. ESI score for country X: 49.8%

  17. ESI benchmarking in some European countries (Turkey will be there soon…)

  18. A Turkish solution to e-waste : The e-mangal

  19. Thank you for your attention. Cédric Gossart Cedric.Gossart@telecom-em.eu Associate ProfessorTelecom Institute’s Business School9, rue Charles Fourier - 91011, Evry Cedex – FranceTél. : +33 (0)1 60 76 46 69 ; Fax : +33 (0)1 60 76 42 86http://etos.it-sudparis.eu/membres/CedricGossart/Home.htm

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