Good Point Recycling PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500 Electronics Recycling Exports: Domestic v. Overseas Repair alternatives Robin Ingenthron President, American Retroworks Inc. VP, ElectroniCycle Inc. NRC Sept. 2002 – Austin, Texas
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Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
Electronics Recycling Exports:
Domestic v. Overseas Repair alternatives
Robin IngenthronPresident, American Retroworks Inc.VP, ElectroniCycle Inc.
NRC Sept. 2002 – Austin, Texas
Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
Focus on Monitors
• USA demand 2001 - 50 Million monitors• China Demand (est.) - 50 M monitors (20%)• India Demand (est.) - 50 M monitors (25%)• These 3 countries will consume about 450
million pounds of copper to meet this demand
• USA is mostly replacement based on changing consumer preference (not “obsolescence”). India/China are mostly first use
Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
Two Basic Recycling Goals
• Best possible/available environmental management
• Least possible/available cost
The higher thecost, the lowerthe diversion
The lower the cost,the higher the risk of TAR
Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
For the first half of the century,“copper was king”. USA was world’slargest producer and exporter.
As electronic/electric manufacturingmoved to Asia and Latin America,so have copper foundries. USA exportsless copper today than in 1900.
Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
Longer Term Solutions to E-Waste Recycling
• CERCLA (Superfund) Reauthorization - Funded by taxpayers since industry funding expired in 1995, most expenses are non-ferrous mining related.
• US Telecommunications Act - Provides billions in free airwaves for transition to Digital TV, which will "obsolete" the majority of TVs now in service; no responsibility for recycling
• General Mining Act of 1872 - Terms have not been amended for 130 years.
• Federal Recycled Content Standards for Metals• “Structured Relief” from EPA smelter fines• Revise (1970 era) OEM Repair Support Rules
Good Point Recycling
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 www.retroworks.com P: 802-382-8500
What about Asian Mining & Recycling?
• NO Superfund cleanup• “Environmental Arms Race”
Philippines, Indonesia, passed legislation modeled on 1872 General Mining Act