MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL WASTES IN NORTH CAROLINA - NC ELECTRONICS PROGRAM Shawn McKee – Environmental Senior Specialist NCDENR Division of Waste Management.

MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL WASTES IN NORTH CAROLINA - NC ELECTRONICS PROGRAM

Shawn McKee – Environmental Senior Specialist

NCDENR Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section

NC SWANA Conference October 2014, Wrightsville Beach

NC ELECTRONICS PROGRAM:MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITIES

ComputersAnnual

Fee

Recycling Plan

Reporting (Oct

1)

Televisions

Annual Fee

Recycling

Obligation

Reporting (Oct

1)

NC’S ELECTRONICS RECYCLINGOverall Recycling of

ElectronicsFY 2009-

10FY 2010-

11*FY 2011-

12FY 2012-

13

Televisions (lbs.) 1,986,960 9,547,240 21,995,740

20,726,028

Computer Equipment (lbs.) 7,160,300 14,655,94

020,839,22

015,037,37

2

Ratio of TVs to Computers 0.28:1 0.65:1 1.06:1 1.38:1

TOTAL (lbs.) 9,147,260 24,203,180

42,834,960

35,763,400

Per Capita (lbs.) 0.98 2.5 4.43 3.66

*TVs and Computers banned from NC landfills on January 1, 2011

COLLECTION TRENDS

Are we at peak TVs?? Peak CRTs??

FY13-14 reporting indicates many Counties are now seeing around 70% of their electronics weight is TVs

Counties with “older” (8-10 years) electronics recycling programs are seeing closer to 50% TVs

WHAT IS NCDENR DOING?

Working with manufacturers to help them understand their obligations

Work with other states & EPA

State Electronics Recycling Service Contract

Best management practices for electronics management

Facilitate the sharing of information between local governments

NC’S MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY LAW FOR ELECTRONICS

The law covers computers and TVs disposed of by residential consumers

Collected Fees FY 2012-13

FY 2013-14

As of July 1, 2014

Television Manufacturer Fees $82,500 $60,000 $52,500

Computer Manufacturer Fees $380,000 $617,500 $367,500

  Feb 2013 Feb 2014 Forecast forFeb 2015

Disbursements to Local Governments $487,000 $600,000 $600,000

TELEVISION RECYCLING

20,726,028 lbs. of TVs processed from NC in FY12-13 at $0.15/pound equals:

=$3,108,904

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) CONSTRUCTION

PANEL GLASS – (screen) 2/3 of the CRT’s mass. 0-4% lead oxide

FUNNEL - 22%-28% lead oxide

NECK – 30% lead oxide

SOLDER (or Frit) - 70-85% lead

YOKE - The coils of copper wire around the neck of the CRT are known as the yoke; desirable to scavengers

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) LEAD CONTENT

Average weight of a CRT television – 40 lbs. A CRT TV is approximately 60% glass Approximately 15% of this glass is lead

= 3.6 lbs. of lead per television

As of June 30, 2013, over 54 million pounds of televisions have been recycled in NC

If all were CRTs = Close to 5 million pounds of lead

LIMITED MARKETS CAN LEAD TO….

AND SCAVENGING AND DUMPING…

CRT DOWNSTREAM MARKETS

Smelting (3 major smelters in US & Can) - ~30,000 tons

Glass-to-glass: ~80,000 tons (VideoCon in India)

ADC for MSW - 50,000 tons (Kuusakoski)

Doe Run, Missouri

CRT downstream markets are changing rapidly

CRT DOWNSTREAM MARKETS…

Deleading/Glass Separation: Dlubak Glass Nulife Glass - NY - 200 Mill

tons

Ceramic Tiles: Com2 - 15,000 tons

(production to start by Nov 2014)

Fireclay tile, California And others Glass tiles for

residential made from CRT glass

Shawn [email protected] MSC Raleigh NC 27699-1646217 West Jones Street

919 707-8284