Saskatchewan Waste Electronic Equipment Program. Saskatchewan: 1,000,000 people 6.5% of Canada – 651,000 sq km 15% of population over age 65 Median age.

Saskatchewan Waste Electronic Equipment Program

• Saskatchewan: 1,000,000 people

• 6.5% of Canada – 651,000 sq km

• 15% of population over age 65

• Median age 36.7

SWEEP – Responsible Recycling for:

• Computers

• Laptops

• Printers

• Peripherals

• TVs

• Consumers bring end-of-life electronics to any SARCAN depot (no charge)

• Consumers pay an Environmental Handling Fee (EHF) when buying new stuff:

• Desktop Computers - $10; Portable Computers - $5; Monitors - $12; Desktop Printers - $8;

• Televisions - $15; $25; $30; $45 (set by screen size)

SWEEP: the Public View

In the beginning . . .

• Industry begins discussion in March 2003

• EPSC Stewardship plan approved May 2006

• SWEEP Incorporated July 2006• SWEEP launched February

2007

Structure of SWEEP SWEEP Board of Directors

Multi Stakeholder-Electronics industryRetailersMunicipal Government

Executive DirectorProgram coordination

Communications•Point of Sale consumer material•Public relations•Paid advertising

ProcessingTV’s and DisplaysCPU’s and Printers

Collection SystemCollection depotsTransportation and consolidation

Program Manager•Accounting•Member relations•Program coordination•Member and recycler auditing

The SARCAN Collection System

COLLECTION SYSTEM

• Collect electronics province-wide, year round at 68 depots.

• Also collection days at 3 more depots.

• Carts help customers move larger units.

COLLECTION SYSTEM

• Depots count units and separate them into two streams:– Monitors and TVs are

shrink wrapped onto pallets.

– All other units are placed into fold-down plastic tubskids.

COLLECTION SYSTEM• Pallets and tubskids are

shipped to our two Processing Plants in Saskatoon and Regina.

• Weighed, recorded and put onto one of two trailers:– Pallets eCycle– Tubskids Registered

dismantling sites

Dismantling Operations

Estevan Diversified Services

Dismantling Operations• Dismantling operations at three

SARC Member Agencies:– KIN Enterprises Inc., Prince

Albert– Saskatchewan Abilities Council,

Yorkton – Estevan Diversified Services

• Each use one supervisor and a staff of 6 dismantling technicians

• Paid a fixed rate for dismantling based on the weight of salvage returned

Processing of Monitors & TVs

eCycle Solutions – Airdrie, Alberta

Program Manager

About Product Care• a multi-provincial industry organization

for paint/HHW: BC, AB, SK & NS

• Product Care serves SWEEP as Program Manager, achieves administrative synergies with other “member” programs

Product Care - Role

• Member relations – 593 ‘first sellers’

• Collect EHF

• Manage auditing: members, processors, end users

• Administration – accounting, track collection and processing

Communications

• media relations• baseline survey • transit advertising campaign in two cities• stakeholder communication programs

Transit advertising:

• 3.9 M pounds diverted from landfills

• 179,487 units collected

• 79% of population know to take EOLE to one of the 71 SARCAN Depots

• 45% of population has electronics in storage for disposal

14 months and counting …

Challenges

Program Administration

• Harmonization issues with programs in other jurisdictions– Member audits– Recycler audits– Product Definitions

• Moving to Phase 2 of equipment collected

Collection and Processing

• Bare / broken CRTs• CPUs with mice droppings (hanta virus)• Expanded product approval list• Non-cooperative bulk customers• After-hour product abandonment• Salvage markets not completing the rigorous

EPSC Vendor Qualification process

Joan Meyer, Executive DirectorSWEEPTelephone – 306-774-7661Email – [email protected] - www.sweepit.ca

Mark Kurschner, PresidentProduct Care Association604 592 2972 x [email protected]