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WEEE Forum General Assembly

Málaga, November 2011

WEEE-Trace: Project Vision

Use of advanced ICT technologies (RFID, image capturing, etc.) to:

• Ensure traceability of complete WEEE management chain.

• Identify producer and other product characteristics in support of producer responsibility principle.

PurposePurpose

� Reduce WEEE leaks from controlled system

� Increase volume of WEEE legally treated and recycled.

� Ensure WEEE collected and managed is recycled properly at plants using BATsi.e. WEEE-Labex

� Track and control incidences like scavenging, etc.

� Facilitate enforcement and reporting

� Explore application of individual producer responsibility principle

� Reduce fraud

Duration: 36 months (Jul 2011 � Jul 2014)

Full life-cycle coverage: 9 selected partners and associates take part inproject consortium for pilot and demonstration activities.

Partners

� WEEE compliance schemes Ecolec andASEKOL:

WEEE-Trace: Project partners

� Technology provider: MCCTELECOM(Project Coordinator by nature of program)

� Manufacturer of household appliancesFAGOR:

� Logistics operator: EMAUS

� Treatment plant: ECOINTEGRA

� Retail: Carrefour (External Associate)

Different actions and objectives by Ecolec and Asekol , but

• complementary and

• in partnership

WEEE-Trace

selected

projects; 42;

15%

not selected;

245; 85%

Eco-Innovation Programme 2010

Applied for CIP Eco-Innovation Grant (2010)

287 Projects presented : 42 projects selected (15%)

Results of evaluation:

score min

Total Score 38 34245; 85%

833

1.176

Avg Financing per Project WEEE TRACE

Eco-innovation 2010

Financing of Projects (,000€)

Scoring high in

• Quality of proposed actions

• Impact on market and replication

• European Added Value

Relevance: Innovation and environment 7 7

Quality of the proposed actions 9 6

Impact on market and replication 8 6

Budget and cost effectiveness 6 6

European Added Value 8 6

WEEE-Trace’s two legs

WEEE-Trace WEEE-Trace

EcolecWEEE-Trace Project Scope

Ensure WEEE traceability (by unit or container) of complete management chain from collection to treatment plant

Scope:

Complete WEEE management chainComplete WEEE management chain– 80 WEEE collection points

• + retail

– 15 logistic Operators

– 40 treatment Plants PT

PT

PT

80 Temporary storage

facilities

Retalers

Municpal

Collection

Points

40 Treatment

Plants

15 Logistics

Providers

Logistics

Providers

WEEE-Trace in SpainTechnology and Infrastructure

• ID Tagging of WEEE surfaces

– Barcoding + Numerical

– RFID: need to address shielding challenges

• Tracking through whole reverse supply chain• Tracking through whole reverse supply chain

– Readers

– Arcs

– Video

• Integration into existing IT and ERP platforms

WEEE-Trace in Spain

Project status and plan

– Definition phase

• Sept’2011 � June 2012

– Implementation phase

• Pilots: Jan’2012 � Sept’2012

• Full deployment: Oct’2012 �

Major issues

• Technical issues: tag positioning shielding, wear & tear, reading

• Integration in IT platform

• Deployment (incl. communication, education and training) at:• Full deployment: Oct’2012 �

Dec’2013training) at:– Collection points

– Logistics operators

– Treatment plants

• Selection of technology and equipment– “one size doesn’t fit all”

• Product aspects

2011 2012 2013 2014

Definition and Design

Pilot phase

Deployment

In operation

WEEE TRACEASEKOL – Current status

• ASEKOL has already implemented bar code labels and readers

in his supply chain

• Bar codes are initially scanned during loading of the WEEE on

the collection points, then several times during transportation

and finally when WEEE is treatedand finally when WEEE is treated

• Because there is a change in ASEKOL logistics there is a need

to change bar code system

• In the future ASEKOL is expecting higher demand from

producers to be charged only for treatment of WEEE they

really produce

ASEKOL – Main Goals ofWEEE-Trace Project

• New tracing system for WEEE and containers

• Producer responsibility: Be able to identify specific EEE

producer and manufacturing model

• Be able to identify age of the WEEE

• Be able to identify different technologies used or hazardous • Be able to identify different technologies used or hazardous

waste risks (e.g. Plasma/LCD/LED screens, old PCB capacitors

etc.)

• All mentioned above should be done automatically and on-

line with no time delay

WEEE-Trace in Czech RepublicTechnology and Infrastructure

• So called „sorting tunnels“

• Roller track equipped with

weight and dimension

measurement, bar code readers, measurement, bar code readers,

cameras

• „Read“ all available information

of the WEEE unit

• Identify a producer, model and other information

using comparison to a on line database

WEEE TRACEASEKOL – Expected Results• Sort different WEEE streams according to non-visible

parameters

• Sort mixed WEEE according to different producer‘s „brands“

• Sampling and statistics of the WEEE

Czech part of the project is prepared in cooperation with Czech

Technical University – Faculty of Cybernetics and Artificial

Intelligence

WEEE-TraceLife cycle considerations

Addressed by Fagor.

• Ensure compatibility with future RFID-embedded environmental information in products.

– Readibility

– Format and content (use of fields)

• Opportunities for partnership with other initiatives i.e. WEEE-NET, • Opportunities for partnership with other initiatives i.e. WEEE-NET, Project Π, etc; regarding:

– joint development

– standardization

– feasibility checking

– sharing experiences

– reducing time gap

WEEE-TraceExpected Results: key metrics and Indicators

Environmental

• Proper treatment and recycling: �39%

• CO2: � 34% as a result of improvements in recycling

Economical

• Pay-back: 3 years

• > 5% reduction in costs

• Reduction of fraud

Technical• >80% units in WEEE stream improvements in recycling

and transport.

• CFC emissions: � 12%

Market

• Project replication and commercial applications

• >80% units in WEEE stream identified by model producer, technology use, etc.

• > 75% RFID/>90 % BC reading levels

Thanks for your attention

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