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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Revised 2006
CONTENTS
• INDUSTRY OVERVIEW– General Perspectives– Highlights from the IAER Industry Report
• Industry Survey
• Industry Research
• CHALLENGES
• OBSERVATIONS
KEY DRIVERS– Increasing volumes
• Expanding pervasiveness of electronics• Shorter lifespan of electronics technologies• Large inventory of obsolete electronics
– Concerns• Landfill• Hazardous materials• Export
– Challenges• Logistics• Costs
ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT - TYPES
• Commercial– computers, office, financial
• Industrial– Telecom, Manufacturing, Medical
• Automotive
• Defense & Aerospace
• Consumer– PCs, video, audio, wireless, personal, games
ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT - CONTENT
• REUSABLE:– Units (e.g., PCs, Printers, Monitors)– Components (e.g., Drives, Memory, Processors)
• RECYCLABLE MATERIALS– Metals (precious, base)– Glass (CRT)– Plastics
INDUSTRY SEGMENTSAsset Management
– inventory, disposition planning, resaleBroker
– auction, resale, exportRe-Use: for resale at product level
– Resale/As-Is– Repair/Refurbish /Upgrade/enhance
De-Manufacturing– disassembly & separation of parts and materials
Recovery of Parts & Subassemblies– Test/Classify/Re-use/Sale
Materials Recovery & Recycling (plastics, metals, glass)– separate, prepare for recycling
Materials Processing/Refining (glass, metal, plastics)– shred, grind, pelletize, refine
SOURCES/GENERATORS• Field Returns• Surplus• Trade-Ins• Obsolete/EOL
OEMs USERS LEASCOs
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY SEGMENTS/OPERATIONS
• Asset Management
• Broker
• Re-Use
• De-Manufacturing
• Parts Recovery
• Materials Recovery
• Materials Processing
TRIAGE
As-IsRepairRefurbish
RESALE
DisassemblyRecover PartsSeparate Materials
RESALE
Shred, Grind, SeparateRefine, Smelt, Melt, Pelletize
Primary Materials Processors
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY PROCESS MODEL
Scrap Equipment
Metals, Glass, Plastics
Materials
ELECTRONICS RECYCLERS in the USA
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20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
NewEngland
Mid-Atlantic
South Mid-West RockyMountain
SouthWest
PacificCoast
(data from IAER database)
Number of Recyclers Not including OEMs & NFPs
2003
2005
For more information – including ordering, go to the web page at:http://www.iaer.org/communications/indreport.htm
HIGHLIGHTS from IAER SURVEY (Conducted in 2005)
• Electronics recycling operations in the USA:over 500
• Employees: ~ 19,000• Annual Revenue: ~ $US1.5 billion• Annual Volumes processed:
– ~2.8 billion pounds (1.4M tons)– including ~65 million units of computer equipment– electronics recycling process yielded ~ 1.3 billion pounds
of recyclable materials
WASTE STREAM DATAConsumer Electronics in Municipal Solid Waste - EPA
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
2000 2001 2002 2003
Millions of Tons - Generated
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
U.S. Sales Trends (Consumer Electronics Association)
• Total 2005 sales to increase 11% to $126 Billion• DTV sales increased 78% in 2004 to 7.3M units• Sales of portable MP3 players expected to exceed 10 M
units in 2005• 2005 sales of digital cameras expected to be more than
20 M units• Cell phone sales expected to reach 90 M units in 2005
andGlobal shipments of flat-screen monitors exceeded CRTs
in 2004
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5
10
15
20
25
30
1975 1985 1995 2005
CONSUMER ELECTRONICSAverage # of CE Products Per Household (CEA)Per Household (CEA)
HOUSEHOLD ELECTRONIC WASTEEstimated Replacements over 20 Years
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5
10
15
20
25Number of Units
Consumers Union
CELL PHONE TRENDS
0
50
100
150
200
250
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
U.S. Subscribers - millions
CTIA Industry Survey
FLORIDA BRANDS STUDY Product Types Collected
TVs
CRTMonitors
Computers
Printers
Others
% by weight
FLORIDA BRANDS STUDY Product Types by Vintage
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5
10
15
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25
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35
40
TVs Computers Monitors Printers
Age in Years
Avg.
Oldest
EPA PLUG-IN PILOT PROGRAMSGood-Guys
Copper Wire
Circuit Boards
Other Metals
% by weight
Plastics
Glass
Materials Recycled
CHALLENGESfacing YOUR electronics recycling operations
1. Cost of operations
2. Sources of equipment
3. Markets for outputs
4. Capacity
5. Prices for materials & parts
6. Other
CHALLENGESfacing the electronics recycling INDUSTRY
1. Legislation/regulations
2. Logistics/transportation
3. Consumer/residential electronics
4. Product take-back programs
5. Plastics recycling
6. Recycling technology
7. Other
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
Most Respondents Felt That:
• Regulations have helped the industry
• R&D is important to electronics recycling
• There needs to be more communications
• It is important to achieve some type of certification
