Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the Environment 2008

Programme

Producer responsibility & product policy in the European Union
Steve Andrews, BERR

• What is producer responsibility and how this has shaped EU environmental policy
• Integrated product policy (IPP) and Sustainable Consumption and Product (SCP) as drivers of policy
• Summaries of the main policy areas affecting products in this context - WEEE, RoHS, EuP, and Batteries.

The European commission review of the RoHS Directive
Stephanie Zangl, Öko Institut

• Introduction to RoHS review
• Possible additional banned hazardous substances in EEE
• Review of RoHS Annex (exemptions)
• Overlaps RoHS / EuP / REACH
• Way forward / Outlook regarding substance bans in EEE.

The future of RoHS – an industry perspective
Abbie Cottrell, AeA Europe

• RoHS Review (including categories 8 & 9)
• Additional substances, including methodology
• Exemptions: principles and processes
• The role of science in policy making.

Progress of RoHS compliance and enforcement across the EU
Chris Smith, NWML

• Practical RoHS Enforcement
• UK Activity in the last year
• Known issues we are detecting
• RoHS activity in Europe.

Changes in batteries restriction in the EU- the impact on design
Marc Jay, BERR and Presenter with DEFRA

• Implementation of the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC)
• Internal market provisions - industrial and automated batteries
• Portable batteries.

EU Legislation – Impact on the electronics design engineer
Gary Nevison, Farnell

• The challenges posed by RoHS, its different interpretations around the world, increase in scope and the problems of using lead-free solder
• REACH chemical regulation – further substance restrictions and obsolescence
• The EuP Directive will demand the use of low power components, while WEEE legislation is likely to focus on design that considers efficient and simple recycling at end-of-life
• The new Battery Directive will mean that NiCad batteries cannot be used other than in exempt applications
• This presentation will give an overview of what the EDE is up against.

The WEEE Directive - progress, status and developments
Steve Andrews, BERR

• The present review of the WEEE directive which seeks to identify and implement measures which will reinforce the individual producer’s responsibility and increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Areas being considered including product scope, targets and measures to promote harmonisation, reuse and eco-design
• Options for change in the UK as a result.

The Eco-design (EuP) Directive - overview and policy update
DEFRA

• The status of implementation of those measures
• The issues that need to be addressed
• Plans for widening the scope of the Directive.

Implementation of EuP - progress towards regulation of specific products
Chris Robertson, ERA

• The current status of EuP implementing measures in more detail
• Common and common and salient features which are arising
• Where regulation in the product sector is heading in the foreseeable future
• How industry can respond.

How to comply with REACH as a downstream user or producer/importer of articles
Doug Leech, Chemical Business Association (CBA)

• Basic REACH overview
• Polymer/monomer registration
• Substance in articles notification and registration
• Registration process
• Authorisation and Restriction process.

The impact of substance restriction world-wide on the electronics industry
Paul Goodman, ERA

• Differences in approach to restrictions between RoHS and REACH
• New EU substance restrictions from RoHS, impact on industry
• Possible future restrictions by REACH - what and when chemical restrictions in the rest of the world - USA, Asia, etc.

RoHS, WEEE and REACH: Regulatory trends in China, Japan and Korea
DaeYoung Park, Korea Environmental Council in Europe

Will EU REACH influence and change the chemical regulatory systems of Asia as EU RoHs has done in China, Japan and Korea?

• Introduction of the existing EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) and chemical regulations in China, Japan and Korea
• Influence of EU RoHS, WEEE and REACH in Chineses, Japanese and Korean regulation
• Foreseen regulatory developments on chemicals in China, Japan and Korea.

Choosing effective flame retardants in an increasingly restricted world
Veronique Steukers, Albemarle

• TBBPA Risk Assessment now completed - results of extensive EU study into effects on health and environment
• Compliance with REACH regulations by TBBPA
• Voluntary Emissions Control Action Programme (VECAP) - experience of TBBPA emission reduction
• Why TBBPA should be not be possible additional RoHS substance.

The current status of US product-related environmental requirements for the electronics industry
Holly Evans, Strategic Counsel

A review of WEEE, RoHS, and EuP-like developments in the US:

• Product take back and recycling mandates
• Substance restrictions for electronic products
• Energy efficiency mandates
• Voluntary market drivers.

WEEE, A review of the first compliance period and the effectiveness of multiple B2B and B2C compliance schemes.
Dr Philip Morton, Repic

• Progress on WEEE implementation to date (including the EU)
• Views on the current WEEE review
• Where things are going and where they should be going.

The EC WEEE review from a manufacturer’s perspective
Victor Sundberg, Electrolux

• Producer Responsibility
• Collection targets
• Reuse
• Actors handling WEEE in reality, but missing from scope and obligations of WEEE Transposition & harmonization, legal base Art 95/175 of the Treaty.

Adopting eco-design techniques: a possible approach
Paul Knight, Smiths Detection

• Identifying how Eco-Design tools were determined to new product development processes at Smiths Detection
• Determinants of the applicability of such tools through testing and validation
• Arguments for Eco-Design techniques not being widely adopted by businesses.

The EuP Directive and what this means to Philips (Lighting)
Maarten ten Houten, Philips Lighting

• How Philips has engaged in the development of regulation
• Implementation of eco-design within the business
• Proactive response to eco-design requirements.

Impact analysis of legislation on electrical & electronics market stakeholders
Ankit A. Shukla, Frost and Sullivan

• Impact on manufacturers
• Affect on regulatory bodies
• Impact on consumers.

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