1. 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 3708 93 300), September 2008 - June 2009 Stephanie Schilling Ökopol GmbH Hamburg E-Waste Africa Project: Stakeholders Meeting, 17. May 2009, Geneva

2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg  Fully functioning?  Usable?  Repairable?  Court cases  No export actually stopped Step I: Port

9. 9 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step I: Port

10. 10 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step I: Port

11. 11 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places B- and C-stock overstock merchandise liquidations Step III: Sources

12. 12 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places

13. 13 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg Step II: Collection places

14. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 20 Export of EEE and WEEE via Hamburg schilling@oekopol.de  +49 40 39 10 02 0Ökopol GmbH Port of Hamburg / H. -J. Hettchen