Elektroaltgeräte Koordinierungsstelle Austria GmbH Austrian Coordination Body

1. Elektroaltgeräte Koordinierungsstelle Austria GmbH Austrian Coordination Body for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment DI Andreas Schuh IT / Waste Management / Flow Analysis

2. Overview • Austrian Coordination Body • Legislation • Collection • Financing • Reporting • Development of the last years • Success factors • New challenges • Solutions www.eak-austria.at

3. Legal Basis of the EAK • Founded in May 2005 as a limited liability company • Non-profit organisation • Issued by the Ministry of Life entrusted with tasks of … • Waste Management Act (AWG) 2002 • WEEE Ordinance • Battery Regulation (followed 2008) www.eak-austria.at

4. OWNERS Federal Bodies for Electrical and Furnishings Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO) - Department for Environment and Energy Policy Trade Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry Trade Association for Waste and Waste Water Management Federal Bodies Federal Guilds Photography, Optics, Medical Product Retailers Department Stores and Mail Order Plastics Processers Mechatronics Technicians Machine and Computer Systems Retailers Leather Goods, Toys and Sports Articles Vehicle Mechanics Carpenters Furnishing Retailers Electrical and Alarm System Technicians Locksmiths, agricultural machinery mechanics Seconary Raw Materials Trade Panel Beaters Owners of EAK - Organigramm www.eak-austria.at

5. EAK Main Tasks • Calculation of the commitment shares • Pick coordination from municipalities • Reporting to the Ministry of Environment • Coordination of PR www.eak-austria.at

6. EAK - Public Relations • Establishment of the Working Group “Public Relations Work” • Consists of representatives from the following organisations: • Ministry of Environment • Austrian Association of Cities and Towns • Austrian Association of Municipalities • Each of the 5 collection schemes • Coordinating Body • Economic Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry • Chamber of Labour • At least 4 meetings a year www.eak-austria.at

7. EAK as the Central Coordination Platform Federal Agency for Environment WKO Association of Cities and Towns EAK Association of Municipalities Registered Collection Points Collection Schemes www.eak-austria.at

8. Legislation • 2003 WEEE-Directive • Waste Management Act 2002 (AWG), amended 2004 • WEEE Ordinance • Battery Regulation • Waste Treatment ObligationsOrdinance www.eak-austria.at

9. Collection • 5 Collection and treatment categories • Large appliances (> 50 cm edge length) • Small household appliances (< 50 cm edge length) • Cooling appliances • Display screen equipment • Gas discharge lamps • (Device Batteries (own regulation with starter and industrial batteries) ) • 2.100 municipal collection points • 1:1 Collection of trade (0:1 was not taken into account – due to the dense collection network) • About 60 treatment facilities www.eak-austria.at

10. Financing • About 1.900 producers/importers • Licensing fees per mass per category • 5 collection schemes • Transport/Treatment • Coordination Body • Municipalities www.eak-austria.at

11. Reporting • Electronic Data Management (EDM) • Registration of all actors • Quarterly report of POM-masses by the Collection Schemes • Annual Reports (POM, collection, treatment, …) • New since 2005 … • EDM • Austrian Coordination Body • Shared responsibility – Municipalities/Producer • Nationwide uniform PR www.eak-austria.at

12. POM-Masses www.eak-austria.at

13. Development of the collection rates * Ab 2012 erfolgt die Berechnung mit einer neuen Einwohnerzahl! www.eak-austria.at

14. Collection rates per categorie www.eak-austria.at

15. Collecting masses MS 2012 www.eak-austria.at

16. Success factors • Fulfilment of EU specifications • Few collection and treatment categories • Shared responsibility concerning collection (producer/trade/municipalities/treatment) • Dense collection network • Coordination Body as a central information platform • Uniform PR • Equitable partition of the obligation shares • Producer responsibility (equality of producers and importer • Willingness to dialogue of all stakeholder www.eak-austria.at

17. New challenges • Extension of the scope (Device list*, PV modules 2016) • Sepearte collection and treatment category • Classified as commercial/industrial equipment • Installation and dismantling by professionals • Special bearing and transportation • In general long service life *http://www.bmlfuw.gv.at/suchergebnisse.html?queryString=RoHS www.eak-austria.at

18. New challenges • New methodology for the collection rate • 2016: 45 % of the average POM-masses of the last three years • 2019: 65 % of the average POM-masses of the last three years “OR” • 85 % of WEEE generated (UNU-codes) • Reporting of large appliances is essential • Currently the collection rate is 25 %  58 % necessary to meet the requirements • Private transfer • Collection and treatment with scrap iron • Disclosure to informal collectors  export and loss of resources • Long life cycle www.eak-austria.at

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20. New technologies (CRT/LCD/LED) www.eak-austria.at Source: Display Search

21. Development of treatment costs www.eak-austria.at Source: ERP

22. Re-Use • Additional tasks for operators of municipal collection points • Separation of re-use devices • Own preparation for re-use or disclosure to socio-economic companies (at least 2 times a year) • Requirements for re-use operators • Permit referred to Waste Management Act 2002 • Appropriate infrastructure • Qualified staff for inspection, repair and maintenance of re-use products • Reporting www.eak-austria.at

23. Solutions in WEEE II • Obligation to designate an “Authorized Represantative” (AS) in the recipient country to fulfill producer responsibilty • Improving the financing of POM-masses sold by e-commerce • natural or legal person in the MS • Delivery address in the MS • Administrative responsibility • Equipped with power of attorney • Registration (person and producer/importer) • Obligated for Austrian companies also in destination countries of their products www.eak-austria.at

24. Thank you very much for your attention… www.eak-austria.at