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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

Evaluation of Cell phone reuse programs R2

WEPSI (NW Focus Multi Stakeholder Group) R10

BFR Roundtable w/stakeholders-

discussion of design thru disposition R9

Federal Electronics Challenge: EOL R10, R5, HQ

Thermal Treatment of Electronics Waste HQ-ORD

Govt. Procurement Guide for EPP Computers R1

Old Materials

become new feedstock

Design Phase

Use & Re-Use Phase

End of Life & Disposal

Purchase Phase

Green Specs

Plug Into Recycling Campaign HQ

Nat’l Electronics Mgmt & Compliance Assist. Workshops R4

Electronics Mgmt/Recycling Wkshp & Collection Event R4

E-Cycling Project R3

e-Design workshop, Best practices for local govt. R9

TCLP Testing of Electronic ComponentsR4/R5

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Nat’l Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI)

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.”

Stakeholders: State/Local Govts., Manufacturers, Electronic Industries Alliance, Non-profits, Recyclers, Retailers

www.nepsi.org Contact: Clare Lindsay, HQ(703.308.7266 - lindsay.clare@epa.gov)

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Western Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (WEPSI)

Agreement signed August 2002 Characteristics and features of a sustainable product

stewardship system Highlights activities that govt., industry and non-profits

in the West can take to catalyze market and infrastructure development for product stewardship

Stakeholders: R9, R10, State/Local Govts., Manufacturers, Non-profits

www.wepsi.org Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)

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Federal Electronics Stewardship Working Group Signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to

cooperatively develop a cohesive national strategy to increase demand for “greener” electronic products address end-of-life management issues

Partners: Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE), CEQ, DOD, DOE, EPA, DOI, USPS

Currently supporting the Federal Electronics Challenge

Contact: Juan Lopez, OFEE(202.564.9288 - lopez.juan@epa.gov)

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Brominated Flame Retardants Roundtable

Conference & Stakeholder Meeting held in September 2002

Partners: EPA, CDC, State/local govts., Non-profits, Manufacturers, Electronics mfg.

www.greenstart.org/efc9 Contact: Eileen Sheehan, R9(415.972.3287 – sheehan.eileen@epa.gov)

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e-Design workshop, Best practices for local govt. Goal: Promote sustainable manufacturing and

disposal practices in the high tech industry Partners: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Materials

for Future Foundation and Industrial Designers Society of America

Project includes Partnership-building with Industrial Design Community E-waste Forum on Foreign Exports (local govt. &

communities) Model Policy Development for Local Government

Contact: Adrienne Priselac, R9(415.972.3285 - priselac.adrienne@epa.gov)

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DfE Assessment Tool

Design for Environment assessment tool for electronic products using a multi-stakeholder process

Similar to the LEEDS system with tiers of achievement

Partners: Zero Waste Alliance, Rifer Environmental, EPA OPPT/OSW

Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)

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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 – boucher.marie@epa.gov)

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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

Contact: Kathy Hart, HQ(202.564.8787 – hart.kathy@epa.gov)

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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

www.epa.gov/oppt/dfe/pubs/comp-dic Contact: Kathy Hart, HQ(202.564.8787 – hart.kathy@epa.gov)

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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

Contact: Chris Kent, HQ(202.564.8842 - kent.christopher@epa.gov)

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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing for Electronic Products Develop the Green Purchasing Guide and host

the www.productstewardship.net website with lots of information.

Support "green" purchasing of Electronic products, especially within the public sector

Partners: Northwest Product Stewardship Council, (See web site for full list of participating agencies)

Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)

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Govt. Procurement Guide to Purchasing Environmentally Preferable Computers

Targeted to state/local govt. procurement officials Covering Environmental Health & Safety issues,

identify EPP strategies to reduce impacts, how to start EPP program for computers

Partners: created by Product Stewardship Institute

NERC, SVTC, Full Circle Environmental MA, state/local govts, City of Denver EIA, TCO, IBM, Apple

Contact: Chris Beling, R1(617.918.1792 - beling.christine@epa.gov)

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Guidelines for electronics for CA agencies

To be completed by summer 2003

Partners: Green Seal, California Integrated Waste Management Board

Contact: Adrienne Priselac, R9(415.972.3285 - priselac.adrienne@epa.gov)

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Federal Electronics Challenge

Will develop a hierarchy of options that federal organizations can implement to

make greener purchasing decisions better manage their electronic assets and

Project will recognize both the economic and environmental impacts of federally owned electronic equipment.

Partners: OFEE, EPA R5/R9/R10/HQ, Federal Network for Sustainability

Contact: Viccy Salazar, R10(206.553.1060 - salazar.viccy@epa.gov)

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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 - beling.christine@epa.gov)

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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 – swift.jason@epa.gov)

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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 - graves.lorraine@epa.gov)

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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

(913.551.7523 - flora.david@epa.gov)

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ECycling project Goal: to develop an economically and environmentally

sustainable collection, reuse, and recycling system for electronics

sharing responsibility among business (electronics manufacturers and retailers), government, and consumers.

Partners: DE, MD, WV, VA, PA Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Envirocycle Inc., Waste Management

Asset Recovery Group, Elemental Inc., Electronic Industries Alliance

Polymer Alliance Zone of West Virginia. www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/eCyclingwaste.htm Contact: Claudette Reed, R3(215.814.2997 – reed.claudette@epa.gov)

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Plug Into Recycling Campaign Goal: Increase the number of used electronics safely

collected and recycled nationwide by educating consumers on why it’s important and motivating them

to visit new and existing collection events across the US Consumer awareness campaign linked to electronics

recycling events around Earth Day 2003, launch at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2003

Partners: Manufacturers, retailers, states, locals, feds, and non-profits.

Contact: Kathy Kaplan, HQ(703.308.8659 - kaplan.katharine@epa.gov)

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Electronics Mgmt/Recycling Workshop & Collection Event

Mobile, Alabama Collection event was a 'hands-on' training

event for the workshop participants Workshop attended by 30 AL state and local

officials and was followed by a 2-day collection event for public, area businesses

Contact: Pam Swingle, R4

(404.562.8482 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)

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National Electronics Mgmt & Compliance Assistance Workshops

Discussed regulatory/compliance issues, policies, markets, and needs of regulated community

Over 100 participants at each workshop First in Denver - July 2002 Second in Atlanta – September 2002

Organized by Southern Waste Information eXchange

Contact: Pam Swingle, R4(404.562.8482 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)

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TCLP Testing of Electronic Components

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 - swingle.pamela@epa.gov)

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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 - stewart.eric@epa.gov)

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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 - lindsay.clare@epa.gov)

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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 - goode.marilyn@epa.gov)

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