EPR Gateway to a Circular Economy 2015. 4. 15 Forum.

EPRGateway to a Circular Economy

2015. 4. 15

Forum

Contents

1.Waste Problems becoming National Issue

2.Sharing responsibilities

3.Waste Policies

4.Development of EPR systems in Korea

5.Agenda for the Future

Before 1990

No Policies for Waste

- People dump waste as generated - Local Government in charge of cleaning service No management Collect and dump open dumping uncontrolled transfer station no sanitary landfill

in 1990s

Waste Problems becoming National Issue

- Explosion of waste volume

- Shortage of landfill sites

- Nation wide NIMBY syndrome

- Soaring the waste treatment cost

Explosion of waste Open dumping- Severe contamination

Nation wide NIMBY syndrome

No Landfill in my neighborhood!!

No Incinerator in front of my house!!

- Paradigm shift ⇒ Waste should be managed ⇒ Waste activities should be controlled generation, discharging, collection, disposal

- Waste policies aiming at waste minimization Expanding service

Securing Capacity of Las

Landfill sites, manpower Equipment, budget

Demand control

Waste reduction

Regulate waste generationPromoting Recycling

Sharing Responsibility by establishing Polluters Pay Principle Generators Segregate waste pay the treatment cost

Introducing the volume based waste fees

Producers collect + recycle post consumption

Consumers pay the recycling cost ( price)

Introducing Extended Producer Responsibility

Reuse

FW

SBUS

Pub

Bus

G

HW

HH

RW

Collector

Collector

Compost

LA

Collector

IncLF

ReMfg.

Recycle

Recover

ReuseReuseReduceReduceRecoverRecover

yy

RecoverRecoveryy

ReuseReuse

RecyclRecyclee

IncLF

Seller

SafetySafety

Source Waste Collecti

onTreatm

ent

Waste Policies in Korea

Developing EPR in Korea

1. Deposit and refund (1992)

Producers pay the recycling cost in advance Refunded as actually recycled - Producers: Fillers, manufacturers, importers - Items packages: glass, cans, paper, PET, Styrofoam, plastic durables: lubricant oil, Tires, Batteries, Flourescent lamps Electronics (TV, Refrigerator, Washer, Air conditioners)

2. EPR (2003) - Obligated recycling penalty for non-compliance of obligated recycling rate - Allow entrust or joint comply of recycling duties

- PROs in Korea Private(establishing)+public(regulation) Monopoly by items Packaging: 6 pros merged into 1(2014) Korea recycling service agency 3. Separating electronics (2007) - Eco-assurance system - Electronics + Automobile - Electronics: 10 → 27 → expanded to all e-goods recycling rate → per capita target (3.9kg 2014,4.5 2015)

- Additional duties to recycling duties restricted use of hazardous substances design change for easy recycling disclosure of manufacturing information

- Free collection of e-waste (sellers/mfgs)

VBWF

Disaggergated discharge

EPR

RecyclingBusiness

Local G

KECO

Central G

NGOs

incentive monitor

campaigncoll cost down

collect+transp

controlassistance

monitor

create demand/subsidy

Producers

assistance

Promoting Recycling

Waste Management System

contracts contracts

recyclables

nonrecyclables recyclables hazardous waste

Household

ReprocessorsPrivaterecyclers

Local G Disposers

Producers(PRO)

incinerators

landfill

Industry Disposersincinerators landfill

KEI 자원순환연구실 자원순환 세미나

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Financing EPR Item

Waste charge NVA

Waste charge VA

Private collector

producers

Garbage

Recyclers

Landfillincinerator

Pros

Discharger

collector

LAs

Membership fee

Landfill tax

Disposal fee

Subsidy

Collection fee

Waste feeDisposal fee

G

Waste charge

Subsidy

Disposal fee

Landfill tax

Landfill tax

KEI 자원순환연구실 자원순환 세미나

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Agenda for the Future Development

toward a Circular Economy

⇒ Coping changing civilization

- Emergence of new civilization based on interest

consumption by need → for enjoyment

star-emulation → all goods become fashion goods

Individualization → meconomy - Power shift: Gov’t → Enterprise → Sustained production + consumption - Older society: digital immortality → New kinds of waste - New Connectivity: super digital organisms

→ Changed policy environment