Ministry of the Environment

Government of Japan

WEEE in Asia - Current Status of WEEE

Management -

ITU/UNEP E-waste Workshop

San Salvador, El Salvador

19 - 21 March 2013

Shunichi Honda PhDSection ChiefMinistry of the Environment, JAPANshunichi_honda@env.go.jp

Contents

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1 WEEE in Asia

2 Transboundary Movement (TBM) of E-waste in Asia

3 Conclusions

1-1. E-waste Management in AsiaJapan•Laws/regulations for E-waste

•Closed-loop policy for recycling

•49 facilities

Republic of Korea

•Act/regulations•EPR with shared responsibilities

•E-waste facilities

Taiwan•4-in-1 Programme•Law with Recycling Fund

•24 facilitiesPhilippines

•Act and manual for HW

• Informal facilities•17 TSD (licensed) facilities

Indonesia•Regulation for HW• Informal facilities•Formal facilities

Singapore•National Recycling Programme

•Voluntary mechanism with licensed collectors

•6 licensed facilities

Malaysia•Act for Scheduled Wastes

•Classification guidelines for UEEE/WEEE

•155 full and partial facilities

Thailand•National strategic plan

•Draft framework•30 formal facilities

Cambodia•Sub-decree (in plan)

•Second-hand markets

• Informal facilities

Hong Kong•National Recycling Programme

•Voluntary mechanism

•Centralized facility

Mainland China•WEEE Law•Old for New Policy•105 dismantling facilities

Vietnam• Informal mechanism

•No licensed facility

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Law Collection Facilities Type

Taiwan

Enforced EPR/shared Formal Advanced systemJapan

Korea

Singapore Voluntary Voluntary/licenced

FormalTBM

Industry

Thailand In draft Market Informal Informal

Hong Kong Voluntary Voluntary Formal Industry

China-Mainland

Enforced EPR/sharedFormal/infor

malTransitionPhilippines No/guidan

ceMarket

Malaysia No/guidelines

Formal

Cambodia In plan

Market

Informal

InformalIndonesiaNo Mainly

informalVietnam

1-2. E-waste Management in Asia - Current Status -

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1-3. E-waste Management in Asia - Provisions for TBM -

Cambodia

China

Taiwan

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Japan

Philippines

Malaysia

Rep. Korea

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

The Ban Amendment - R N A R - - R - - - -

Import of E-waste X X C X X C C C C C C X

Second-hand

Air Conditioner - X - C X - - C - - - X

Copier - X - C C - - C - - - X

CRT TV sets - X - C X - - C - - - X

LCD TV sets - X - C C - - C - - - X

Microwave oven - X - C X - - C - - - X

Mobile phones - X - C X - - C - - - X

PCs - X - C X - - C - - - X

Printed circuit board - X - C X - - C - - - X

Refrigerator - X - C C - - C - - - X

Washing machine - X - C C - - C - - - X

Others - X - C - - - C - - - X

R: Ratified; N: Not applied to the Basel Convention; A: Applied to the Ban Amendment; C: control; X: prohibition; -: Not signed for the Ban Amendment, or No

restriction for import of second-hand electronics.

2-1. TBM of E-waste in Asia- 1998-2000 National Reporting Data -

DEFR

KR

ID

E-wasteFluorescent lampsGlass culletOA equipment, ink, tonerNi-Cd batteriesWaste lead-acid batteries

280t

107t

263t

114t

JP

40t

HK

729t

MY

TH 101t

70t

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2-2. TBM of E-waste in Asia- 2001-2003 National Reporting Data -

CNFR

JP

ID

US

SG

SE

Multi: BE, JP, SG

E-wasteFluorescent lampsGlass culletOA equipment, ink, tonerNi-Cd batteriesWaste lead-acid batteries

187t

462t

165t

1100t

217t2.1t

128t

17175t

PH

1555t

KR

520t

518t

650t

DE

5.6t

MY

118t

77t

214t

TH2740t

18t

4013

45t

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2-3. TBM of E-waste in Asia- 2004-2006 National Reporting Data -

DE

BN

FR

JP

CA

ID

BEUS

FI

SG

SE

20t

70t

35t

350t

5t

70t

299t

103t

150t

172t

592t 22880t

13t

12t

55t

914t85t

1000tPH

1650t

21t

MY1950t

117t

CN

KR400t

1459t

101t

254t

TH

600t

E-wasteFluorescent lampsGlass culletOA equipment, ink, tonerNi-Cd batteriesWaste lead-acid batteries

229t

213t

1964t

158t

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2-4. TBM of E-waste in Asia- 2007-2009 National Reporting Data -

DE CN

JP

CA

ID

BEUS

FI

SG

SE

E-wasteFluorescent lampsGlass culletOA equipment, ink, tonerNi-Cd batteriesWaste lead-acid batteries

KP

100t

1352t

8.7t

10083t

332t

0.5t

60t

28t

105t100t

10t 10t

50t846t

565t

60t

11t

55t

2667t

3662t

207t

123t

MY

KR220t

TH

1942t

4.3t

924t

177t

148t

22528t

38t

175684t35083t

629t

PH

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2-5. TBM of E-waste in Asia- 1998-2009 Data -

DE, FR, BE, FI

CN

BN

TH

JP

HK

CA, US

E-wasteFluorescent lampsGlass culletOA equipment, ink, tonerNi-Cd batteriesWaste lead-acid batteries

ID

PH

SG

KP

MY

KR

188,000

176,000

t

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

0

Export

Import

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3. Conclusions- Economy vs WEEE Management vs

TBM Provisions -

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Thank you