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Proposed CRT Rule HQ
DFE Computer Display project HQ
Electronics Life Cycle
Sustainable Electronics Design Challenge HQ
DfE Assessment Tool R10, HQ
DFE Lead-Free Solder project HQ
Guidelines for electronics for CA agencies R9
Federal Electronics Challenge: Purchasing R10, R5, HQ
Greening Electronics Fact sheetHQ
EPP for Electronic Products R10
E-Recycling Toolkit for Communities R7
Federal Electronics Stewardship Working GroupHQ, OFEE
Reused Electronics Market Study R1
Testing plastics from used electronics R5
NEPSI(Consumer & Small Biz focus) HQ
Eco-industrial park/demfg. of used electronics, modeling costs HQ, PAZ
Goal is “the development of a system, which includes a viable financing mechanism, to maximize the collection, reuse, and recycling of used electronics, while considering appropriate incentives to design products that facilitate source reduction, reuse and recycling; reduce toxicity; and increase recycled content.”
Sustainable Electronics Design Challenge Goal: To motivate electronics designers and manufacturers to
fundamentally re-think electronics design and to create sustainable products for the long term
Green Blue Institute will create a set of ambitious design criteria for future electronics products, focusing on
redesigning the products of the future address life cycle impacts of electronics promote development of sustainable products Designers and industry players will be formally challenged to meet criteria
in visionary future products Judging panel will identify winning submissions by late 2003
Partners: Designers, manufacturers, public and private stakeholders Contact: Marie Boucher, HQ(703.308.8754 – [email protected])
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DfE Lead-Free Solder project Life-cycle assessment of tin-lead and lead-free
alternative solders for informed industry choices about lead-free solders, moving away from tin-lead solder in the next few years
Goal definition and scoping phase completed Collection of life-cycle inventory data by February 2003, Draft
LCA report in May 2003, Final LCA in August 2003 Partners: Electronic Industries Alliance, IPC (printed
wiring board trade association), the Univ. TN Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, Electronics/Solder mfg., Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
DfE Computer Display project Final Life-cycle assessment of impacts published December 2001
associated with cathode-ray tube (CRT) and liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors CRT monitor has greater impacts than the LCD monitor in all but two impact
categories (eutrophication and aquatic toxicity) Can lessen LCD environmental impacts by
Reducing energy consumption during manufacture Cutting back on the use of chemicals that pose aquatic toxicity risks or that
contribute to global warming (e.g., sulfur hexafluoride) Eliminating the use of mercury
LCD manufacturers working toward improving the environmental profile of their displays
Partners: Electronic Industries Alliance, IPC, the University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies, original electronic equipment and component manufacturers and suppliers, the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Greening Electronics Factsheet Gives federal procurement officials info on the
purchasing of electronic equipment Environmental and Health Concerns EnergyStar® sample contract language Green Purchase Model Criteria and Contract Success Stories, Contacts and Resources
Timeline: Originally published in 5/02, undergoing internal/stakeholder review, revised fact sheets available by 3/03
Partners: EPA EPP team document with internal and external stakeholder review
Reused Electronics Market Study Study of Reused Electronics Market Sustainability
in New England Surveying vendors involved with the reuse of
computers and TVs to determine the economic viability and sustainability of this aspect of used electronics management
Survey ongoing, completion date Spring 2003
Partners: Northeast Recycling Council www.nerc.org/currentprojects.html#9 Contact: Chris Beling, R1(617.918.1792 - [email protected])
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Testing plastics from used electronics Testing high-end reuse of engineering plastics
from used electronic products Identify barriers & opportunities to recycling
plastics from used electronic products in the manufacture of new electronic products. The project seeks to advance the establishment of closed-loop recycling for engineering plastics
Partners: MN, WI, IL, Sony, etc. Contact: Jason Swift, R5(312.886.0754 – [email protected])
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Evaluation of Cell phone reuse programs
Goal: to study the effectiveness of selected cell phone donation and take-back programs
Determine how their value is recaptured and how collected phones are ultimately managed at end-of-life
Assess the environmental benefits of these programs Partners: INFORM Funded as EPA Innovations Pilot Contact: Lorraine Graves, R2(212.637.4099 - [email protected])
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E-Recycling Toolkit for Communities
Toolkit for communities planning electronics recycling events developed from Midwest Electronics Recycling conference (2001)
Tool-kit will be completed Winter 02/03
Partners: NE State Recycling Association Contact: Dave Flora, R7
Testing whole computer (CPU), keyboards, and peripherals for 8 RCRA metals, inc. Lead
Using Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure To identify toxicity issues for electronics
beyond the Cathode Ray Tubes (monitors) Partners: Regions 4 and 5 funded research at
the University of Florida Contact: Pam Swingle, R4(404.562.8482 - [email protected])
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Thermal Treatment of Electronics Waste Goal: To evaluate emissions from low and high temperature thermal
processing of e-waste Laboratory and pilot-scale experimental program
Low temperature processing simulates roasting operation High temperature processing simulates municipal waste combustor Variables of interest Partitioning of metals between bottom ash and fly ash Leachability of metals from bottom ash and fly ash Formation of organic air toxics (e.g., dioxins and furans, brominated
products of incomplete combustion) Currently funded through ORD/NRMRL exploratory research grant Looking for partners Contact: Eric Stewart, ORD(919-541-3684 - [email protected])
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Eco-industrial park/electronics demanufacturing Congressional earmark to construct an eco-industrial
park in the Parkersburg, WV area To dismantle used electronics and manufacturing new
products using the plastics obtained from this recycling Polymer Alliance Zone doing economic and business
modeling on how to collect, transport and recycle used electronics
Partners: PAZ, DOE Contact: Clare Lindsay, HQ(703.308.7266 - [email protected])
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Proposed CRT Rule Status of CRTs (product - waste) Households, small generators, intended
reuse/repair = not regulated Streamlined requirements for glass processors Haz waste rules apply if landfilled or incinerated Final Rule in May 2004 Contact: Marilyn Goode, HQ(703.308.8800 - [email protected])