Antonio José López Fernández y Fernando Juan Collado Simón WEEE: RELATIONS BETWEEN AUTHORITIES AND TAKE-BACK SYSTEMS IN ANDALUSIA (SPAIN) Antonio José López Fernández y Fernando Juan Collado Simón Ankara March 2009

Andalusia is the southern region of Spain Andalusia is the southern region of Spain. The region covers 18% of Spanish territory, 87.000 km2 in total, making the second largest region with an area greater than countries such as Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Austria. Its population is around 7.600.000 inhabitants.

CLASSIFYING BY CHARACTERISTICS Types of waste HAZARDOUS means any waste which is covered by article 1 of Directive 91 on hazardous waste. CLASSIFYING BY CHARACTERISTICS NON HAZARDOUS waste which is not covered by Directive 91. INERT, waste that not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformations. Inert waste will not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade, leachability and ecotoxicity must be insignificant. OTHER, radiactive, mining, waste water, explosives

Types of waste CLASSIFYING BY SOURCE MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL FARMING - ELECTRICAL (WEEE) HOUSEHOLD BULKY ITEMS MUNICIPAL CLINICAL ACCUMULATORS SPECIFICS CLASSIFYING BY SOURCE SO MUCH AS KIND OF INDUSTRIES USED TIRES INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS MANURE GREENHOUSE PLASTIC PACKAGES FARMING

Key features Directive transposed in February 2005 and has enter into force in august 2005. Many categories, compounds and treatments. Many operators involved. Managing and coordination problems. Financial problems.

Duties of municipal authorities Offer sufficient collection places. Providing collecting services at municipal amenities. Sign agreements with take-back systems. To receive a compensation of extra cost of collection.

Duties of regional governments Authorize the take-back systems. Authorize the all the agents. Report information to the central governments. Oversee the functioning of the system. Coordinate the different involved agents through the logistic office.

Legal conditions for take-back systems Introduce a guarantee (4% of sales volume). The take-back systems shall cover all the Andalusia territory. Take-back systems shall comply with the proximity principle at regional level. In the same way compliance with the auto-sufficiency principle at regional level.

Legal conditions for take-back systems Take-back systems have to build awareness. Coordinate themselves through an agreement and creating an special office for logistic coordination. Report information to the environmental authority. Authorised by the government for a five-year period. Inform about which are the joined producers.

Take-back systems in Spain MANAGEMENT SCOPE EUROPEAN RECYCLING PLATFORM Varied WEEE TRAGAMOVIL Mobiles and communications appliances ECOFIMATICA Computer appliances ECOASIMELEC Varied WEEE ECOTIC WEEE and freezers ECOLUM Lighting equipments AMBILAMP Lamps ECOLEC Varied WEEE

Types of WEEE RELATING TO ITS TREATMENT Refrigerators and Freezers with CFC gas Other refrigerators and Freezers White line Washing machines Dish washing machines Electric stoves Cooking Small household appliances Cathode ray tubes TV sets, PC screens Brown line Grey line radio sets, videocameras Computers and telecommunication equipments Lamp and Fluorescent line Mercury polluted waste, discharge and sodium lamps

FEES  

Municipal Collecting places (Municipal Amenities) Kerbside collection Clean Spots Recovering and composting facilities

Relation between operators PRODUCER DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMER Authorized agent Take-back SYSTEM COMPETENT AUTHORITY Municipal Government

Financing of management Producers will finance from distributors and municipal collection facilities to recover facilities. Management with individual or collective systems NON DOMESTIC WASTE Producers will set up collection systems Possibility of agreements with municipal authorities. Distributors must accept the equipment if user buy other equivalent or with the same functions as the supplied equipment FROM PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS Free of charge for user Municipalities will assure the collection

Collection stream

Sorting in at least five groups Option 1 Sorting in at least five groups If the municipal authorities separate in the municipal facilities in this option they perceive for the collection 80 €/ton

Sorting in at least three groups Option 2 Sorting in at least three groups If the municipal authorities separate in the municipal facilities in this option they perceive for the collection 40 €/ton.

Sorting in at least two groups Option3 Sorting in at least two groups If the municipal authorities separate in the municipal facilities in this option they perceive for the collection 10 €/ton.

TREATMENT FACILITY IN ANDALUCIA INVESTMENT : 9.200.000.- € Treatment capacity: - White line 180.000.- u. - Grey and brown line 8.000.- Tm. - Fluorescent lamps and Hg lamps Hg 2.500.000.- u. Occupied area: - Ground area 25.000.- m2 - Covered area 9.000.- m2 Influence sphere: - The Andalusia territory. - Bordering regions It will treat the followings waste: PCB Mercury containing components, such as switches or backlighting lamps, Cathode ray tubes. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) or hydro fluorocarbons (HFC), hydrocarbons (HC), Printed circuit boards. Gas discharge lamps.

Treatment for Brown and grey line

Lamps and fluorescent line Treatment for Lamps and fluorescent line

Treatment for White line

TREATMENT PROCESS Reception

TREATMENT PROCESS Dismantling

Dismantling cathode ray tubes TREATMENT PROCESS Dismantling cathode ray tubes

TREATMENT PROCESS Industrial Process (shredding-, separation-, concentration-systems) Recovery of different concentrates of metals, plastics and glass

Outcomes materials of a treatment facility 1. Iron 2. Plastics 3. Glass 4. Other metals (copper, lead) 5. Paper, cardboard. 6. Plastic carcases 7. Wood 8. CRT Glass 9. Specials components 10. Filter dust 11. Non selective dust 12. Others (mercury) Recovered materials Authorized operator Refused

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION I hope the information presented has been useful for you. For comments, questions or additional explanations you are kindly directed to: antonioj.lopez@juntadeandalucia.es fcollado@fometo.es