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Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012
Flavio CUCCHIETTI – Telecom Italia
The Complexity of the E-waste Problem
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
The e-waste problem
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
The e-waste problem
©2009 Basel Action Network (BAN)
Photo: Alex Hofford
Photo: SayantanBera/CSE
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
The best way to deal with e-waste is …
From the manufacturing phase through: E-waste conscious design Avoid use of heavy pollutants Minimization on the use of resources
Regulations and standards
During the life of equipment Prolonging its lifetime Designing for reuse/multiple use
At end of life Designing for easy disassembly
… avoid (or at least minimize) it!
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
Environmentally conscious companies have e-waste minimization programmes in place but: Such programmes are difficult to set up and manage The extra cost can discourage them As individual companies they can have little impact
Need to create critical mass and act soon Regulation is complex and takes long time
The ICT Sector should move up
Standardization can fill the gap and lead the market
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
An example the external power supply (EPS) Market loudly demands for interoperable, reusable and
longer life equipment Volume produced is enormous (>4Billion/year) It is about 1 million tons of electronic equipment
It could correspond to an 1000km queue of trucks full op EPSs
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
The ITU/GeSI report “An Energy-aware Survey on ICT Device Power Supplies” gives relevant information on the problem and on the improvement opportunities
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/report-ict-device.html
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
Use of resources and evaluation of future e-waste can be based upon the weight of the EPSs
• Huge weight differences among same class EPSs
• Need and opportunity to improve
Aligning them with the best (lightest) in the corresponding category could reduce the use of resources (and e-waste) by 300 thousand tons per year
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
Availability of standardized EPSs would avoid unnecessary production of billions elements per year
The report estimates potential e-waste reduction of 600 thousand tons per year
Further reduction is expected as the Recommendation includes requirements on: longer life duration electrical strength weight limits
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Avoid/minimize through standardization
Environmental analysis Global Warming potential (GWP)
Figure 62: Low Power PSU GWP results
Figure 63: Medium Power PSU GWP results.
Figure 64: High Power PSU GWP results.
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42 53 15 3
GWP [kg CO2 eq/p]
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63 70 60 52
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19 302 31 301
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EPSs of the same category have quite different GWP Another opportunity for improvement!
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Another example – The ADSL access gateway (AG)
From 2009, Telecom Italia established strict environmental requirements on AGs (market of millions pieces): Energy efficiency Recycled and recyclable plastics No use of blends No chlorinated No brominated Easy dismantling
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
Work in progress
Life cycle thinking is becoming common rule in companies and in standardization
In 2011 ITU-T standardized the “Universal mobile charger” (L.1000)
Standardization of External Power Supply for fixed equipment is advancing in ITU-T SG5
Next meeting (and hopefully finalization ) next October in Geneva
It will enable huge savings and e-waste avoidance
The best way to deal with e-waste is …
… avoid (or at least minimize) it!
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| Renato Scotti <[email protected]>TELECOM ITALIA GROUP
TELECOM ITALIA - PUBLIC
Forum on “The Complexity of the E-waste Problem”
Paris, 18 September 2012 - Flavio CUCCHIETTI
THANK YOU
Report: http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/report-ict-device.html