1 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Presentation of the German Federal Environmental Agency Project: Transboundary shipment of 2 nd hand EEE and WEEE - Analysis and proposals for optimising material flows (FKZ ), September June 2009 Stephanie Schilling kopol GmbH Hamburg E-Waste Africa Project: Stakeholders Meeting, 17. May 2009, Geneva 2 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Hafen Hamburg Marketing/Hasenpusch Background I Export of relevant amounts of electrical appliances as 2 nd hand goods from Germany No export of WEEE registered Project focus: Exports via port of Hamburg Country of destinations Africa: Nigeria, Ghana Asia: India, Vietnam, Philippines 3 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Background II: Situation in countries of destination Quality of the material Human health and safety risks Pollution of environment 4 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Focus of this presentation Origin of the material Collection routes Material flows What are appropriate instruments to steer the material flows in Germany? Legal, economic and cooperative instruments HHM / M. Lindner 5 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Collection and export of EEE Collection for export Container Collection for export Container Federal State A Collection for export Container Federal State B Collection for export Container Federal State X Federal State HH Collection for export Container Federal State C 6 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Starting point: Port of Hamburg No WEEE shipment from Hamburg Customs data bases do not distinguish between new and used goods Police and customs investigations Direct contacts with individuals at the port of Hamburg 7 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step I: Port 10 Million TEU/y Thousands of containers with EEE exported ~100 suspect containers evaluated by local EPA in 2007 (export of waste?) Efforts to check container Limited resources at police / customs / local EPA 8 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Fully functioning? Usable? Repairable? Court cases No export actually stopped Step I: Port 9 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step I: Port 10 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step I: Port 11 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places B- and C-stock overstock merchandise liquidations Step III: Sources 12 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places 13 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places 14 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Flea markets Household clearance Bulk waste robbery Value cascades (End-user small 2 nd hand shop collection places export) Replacement goods (from delivery of new goods) Other (online auctions, municipalities) Step III: Sources 15 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Example: PC from local authority in Hamburg (Bezirksamt Altona) on dumpsite in Ghana Replacement of old PC by new PC in authorities and big companies Retailers, producers Step III: Sources Take back (delivery of new) 16 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Phone SHA IT White goods TV, monitors Step III: Sources Flea markets Bulk waste robbery Household clearance Value cascades Other ? B- C- stock overstock merchandise liquidations Replacement goods 17 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Producers policy regarding the management of EEE and WEEE Responsibility of municipalities collection of WEEE + materials they manage in their own responsibility Level I measures Sources for materials 18 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Level II measures: Efficient export restrictions Filter function of export restrictions Repair Waste Use Grading system Country of destination No restrictions on Export Restrict/Hinde r Exports Germany Europe 19 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Co-operative approaches with involved economic parties Develop return logistics for waste (as long as treatment facilities are not in place in the countries of destination) Level III measures Cooperative approaches 20 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg kopol GmbH Port of Hamburg / H. -J. Hettchen