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1Protecting Your Identity and The
Environment
Extended Producer Responsibility
Vintage Tech LLC1105 Windham Parkway
Romeoville, IL 60446(o) 630-305-0922
www.vintagetechrecyclers.com
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What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
Extended Producer Responsibility commonly known as EPR, is a strategy used to reach an environmental objective of a decrease in environmental impacts.
Extended Producer Responsibility enforces electronics manufacturers to maintain responsibility through a products entire lifecycle.
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States with some form of legislation
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States with a landfill ban
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Timeline of Legislation2003
California Passes 1st State Legislation
2004Maine Passes Initial
Law
2005Maryland Adopts e-
Waste Law
2006Washington
20073 New States Sign on E-Waste Legislation
OR, MN, CT
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Legislative Timeline2008
10 New States Pass Recycling
Legislation, Illinois Included
2009Wisconsin and
Indiana Join Legislative States
20102 New States Join
the TeamVermont &
Pennsylvania
2011Utah Jumps on board
2012Illinois Landfill Ban
in Full Affect
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What is in E-waste? Toxic substances!
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• PCB• Cadmiu
m• Lead• Mercury• Barium• Lithium
Televisions, Computers,Monitors,
Mobile phones,Audio
equipment, Fax
machines, etc.
contain:
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$15.00
Treated as Trash
Paid a fee!
Recycle Free!
Many of the items in our landfills today are filled with lead, cadmium, mercury, and precious metals.
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2.6 MILLION3.6 MILLION
4.6 MILLION
5.1 MILLION
• Electronics manufacturers are now producing products in a more rapid manner = disposal at a more rapid manner
• Allows recyclers to have a more steady stream of obsolete products coming in
• Volumes have lead to enforcement of legislation
Number of Americans Purchasing New TV’s
15.9 Million TV’s
1.5 Billion lbs of e-Scrap
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In 2010:
• 384 million electronic devices were disposed in the US
• 3.1 million tons of e-waste trashed or exported
• Only 19% recycled, 81% Trashed = 2.5 million tons
U.S. Generating E-Waste at Record Breaking Rate
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• CRT glass is a real problem in the U.S.
• Only a couple real options in the U.S
• Storage of the CRT glass
• CRT’s have up to 6 pounds of lead, + mercury, beryllium, cadmium, etc.
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TV & Monitor CRT Glass Issues
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Positive Changes and Success
• Free and Convenient Recycling for Michigan Residents & Small Businesses
• Certifications are now required by collectors, municipalities, and non-for-profits
• More recycling options at all levels of local to state governments. Rural Area Incentives
• More resource recovery and diversion from landfills, keeping the hazardous materials from leaching into the surrounding environment.
• Monitor and Report• Shared Responsibility• More Recyclers are joining statewide efforts to divert electronics
from landfills• Increased Job Creation State Wide
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Commodities Inside These Materials That Can Be Recovered If Not Lost To Exporting to Developing Countries• Responsibly
reclaiming the copper, gold, silver, nickel and other precious earth metals used in the production of today’s electronics.
Urban Mining
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Best Practices
We continue to update standards from certifications to keep up with the evolving environment of the e-waste recycling industry.
E-stewards is currently the highest level of certification in the industry.
R2 is the minimum you should request from recyclers- just because they have these certifications does not mean they are doing it right or responsibly!
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Preventing Sham Recycling Illegitimate recyclers promise to pay- but will pick over
the items they can make money off of, and leave the undesirable (and somewhat more challenging to recycle) products.
Scrappers that pick through unsecured sites leave allowance for no data security and personal information can get in the wrong hands.
Sham recyclers are found to be green washing- buying material streams for very high rates, while legitimate recyclers pay more expensive fees.
Some recyclers claim they have recycled more than they have- this causes unsustainability in the marketplace, and leads to artificial prices.
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Where are we headed?• Streamline laws between states to ease confusion
from state to state for all involved. (recyclers/states officials/OEM’s and others
• Continue to engage stake holders for meaningful positive industry changes and adjustments to minimize illegal activities
• Updating standards from certification to keep up with the evolving environment in the recycling industry
• Future Export Ban• More Transparency & Due Diligence
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Transparency Is Important• Tour e-scrap facilities• Ensure safety measures are in place• Review process flowcharts• Ensure that hazardous waste is responsibly sent
downstream• Check that the processor is registered with the
state agency- if legislation is in place• Ask about facility security• Verify certifications are valid• Do your due diligence!
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Contact Us
Seth SmithDirector of [email protected]
Vintage Tech LLC1105 Windham ParkwayRomeoville, IL 60446
(o)630-305-0922(f) 815-676-3086
www.vintagetechrecyclers.com
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