WEEELABEX in Belgium May 21, 2012 Peter Sabbe General Manager
About Recupel History Recupel vzw was founded in 2001 On initiative of and managed by the industry Collective system for collection and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Appliances (WEEE) Offers a national solution for the take-back obligation as described in the European WEEE Directive 2 Servicing 7 sectorial organisations Sectorial organisations take strategic decisions on budget, fee, scope, a.o. with Recupel acting as the executive organisation
About Recupel Scope and Appliance list All 10 categories – Household and Professional equipment 3 Large household appliances IT and telecommunications equipment Lighting equipment Toys, leisure and sports equipment Monitoring and control instruments Small household appliances Consumer equipment Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products) Automatic dispensers
About Recupel Mission and objectives Legal objectives -European WEEE-directive : 4 kg / inhabitant / year -Revision : 65% of POM or 85% of WEEE arising Actual score ranges between 40 and 45% in average 10,18 kg per inhabitant 4
About Recupel Key figures collection and transport 5 Collection Points Container parks Used-good centers Distribution Total Collected appliances (kg/Inhabitant)
About Recupel Key figures Distribution of collected WEEE per fraction (tons) CF BW CRT SMALL LMP Total7.950* * figure based on collection during 6 months (July 2001 to December 2001)
About Recupel Key figures 7 Lamps : tons + 20%
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About Recupel Key figures collection and transport 9
About Recupel Recycling results* per fraction for CFBWCRTSMALLLMP Results per fraction85%86%89%74%95% Legal Objectives80% 70% 80%
About Recupel Evolution Recycling results
About Recupel Evolution Recycling results
About Recupel Evolution Recycling results
About Recupel Evolution Recycling results
About Recupel Evolution Recycling results
Depollution: Manual removal in step 1 To be removed manually*BWCFCRTSMALL Batteries PCB containing condensators Gas-discharge lamps Mercury containing components Fluorescent powder Ink cartridges and ribbons Parts containing asbestos TV tube glass Refractory ceramic fibres Radioactive material *occurs most frequently in the following fractions
Depollution: Manual removal in step 1
Tender procedure: Implementation of WEEELABEX for Recupel Level playing field within Recupel’s treatment partners Comparable, growing and improving recycling results Full attention for depollution and KPI 100% part of the tender of Recupel New contracts as of July 1st 2012 Existing partners (almost 100% compliant) New partners (allow a learning curve) Audit and control Start-up in ≠ phases Merging WEEELABEX audit with ‘ISO17020’-audits
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