The Challenges of WEEE at University of Glasgow Ann Galbraith 11 July 2007
The key issues The scale of the challenge Awareness & understanding Purchasing aspects Legal requirements Administrative & management issues Asset tracking Record keeping Disposal
The challenge at Glasgow The number of people involved The number of departments and budgets The scale of expenditure/number of items
The challenge at Glasgow Geographical/physical issues The culture The range of activities
Step 1 - Addressing awareness & understanding Widespread direction to EAUC guidance Purchasing Purchasers supplied with standard phrases templates for ordering/tendering Framework agreements will take account Widespread advertisement of like-for-like obligations
Step 1 - Addressing awareness & understanding Legal requirements Duty of Care training Selection and audit of contractors for disposal Encourage use of existing approved contractors
Step 2 - Addressing administrative & management issues Encourage linking to PAT and assets register databases. Utilise Agresso financial records Educate departments on retention of Transfer Notes. Periodic audit of departments.
Step 3 – Addressing Disposal Uplifts from each department and building Environmental and sustainability issues a high priority. The issue of charities Costs associated with these small uncoordinated uplifts
Step 3 – Addressing Disposal Currently have 2 approved suppliers for disposal of IT equipment and 1 for fridges Proposing to continue with this system for IT and extend to much of other WEEE Proposing to continue with existing system for fridge disposal and add ‘domestic’ WEEE
Step 3 – Addressing Disposal Disposal of highly specialist equipment on a case by case basis initially Review disposal quantities and costs after ~18 months Tender for framework agreement for disposals
Considerations for the future At what point will the disposal of non-like for like historic WEEE tail off? For some items/end users is producer responsibility more trouble than it’s worth?