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Electronics Recycling: What to Expect from Global Mandates - 2005 Edition
Raymond Communications Inc, Jan 2005, Pages: 247
About 16 countries now have takeback laws for electronics, each a little different. Within five years, we expect 30 countries will have such laws! The European Parliament has passed two electronics recycling Directives that will change the way manufacturers design their products.
In the U.S., electronics makers are trying to hammer out a national takeback plan -- and this will include federal legislation if it goes through. If not, expect more state action!! In 2004, there were about 36 electronics bills in 22 state hoppers, and 65 mercury-related restriction bills, 10 of which affect electronics!
The updated 200-page report summarizes regulatory developments in electronics takeback around the world. (pub. 1/05) Coverage includes 23 countries (adding seven to our 2004 report) in Europe, Asia, including new details from South Korea and China.
The new European Directives (WEEE and RoHS) are explained in plain English, with details on who is affected, and which items have toxic materials restrictions. We include collection organization information, and fee structures, and electronics recovery rates when available. Plus, we provide English-speaking contacts for most countries.
On the U.S. side, the report includes background and analysis of the current regulatory climate for electronics stewardship, and summaries of state electronics “takeback” and related restrictive bills, as well as the results of major pilot collection programs at the local level.
The report features the results of our exclusive 50-state survey on the status of regulations that reduce barriers to electronics recycling in U.S. states, (including an updated table listing newest Universial waste regs), and the 2004 survey that provides opinions of the state recycling managers on the issues. The U.S. survey indicated that fewer state officials are aware of the national takeback negotiations that have been ongoing since 2001: in 2003, only one official was not familiar with the NEPSI (national electronics product stewardship initiative) process - in 2004, six said they were not familiar with it. Moreover, the survey indicated that 11 states planned legislative action on electronics waste in the next the next three years - ten said no. Only 11 of 35 state recycling managers believe that there will ever be a national agreement on electronics takeback, according to a survey from the 2005 update of 'Electronics Recycling: What to Expect from Global Mandates.'
In the Appendix - Case Histories: The report features 29 corporate case histories!! Find out what the electronics makers are doing internally and externally to cope with current and future “takeback” laws and heavy metals restrictions worldwide. We found just nine major Japanese electronics makers spent about $1.5 billion on environmental compliance and design for 2001-2002. This section was updated for 2003, and we had a Japanese researcher do the summaries to ensure all information was current from leading Japanese firms.
The huge appendix includes reference tables, full text of the electronics takeback laws in seven countries in English, as well as details on fee schedules in Norway and new details from South Korea and China. The updated appendix has more than 60 documents, including review of environmental reports from 29 major electronics firms (2003), full texts of many existing electronics laws, labeling criteria, recent translations, and slides from Raymond conferences and teleconferences.
The detailed report reviews all state legislation in 2004 (about 36 bills); status of enacted bills; deregulation of electronics recycling in the states, plus Canada.
Other sections cover design for environment issues, plastics recycling, labeling, plus coverage of the implementation of the Restrictions of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHs). The international section covers 18 European countries and five Asian countries, including electronics fees for 2004-5, explanations of current laws versus implementation of the WEEE/RoHS directives, and updated details for dealing with regions such as S. Korea and Taiwan.
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