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WEEE Management in Thailand
Pollution Control Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Thailand
“Roundtable on addressing the issue of e-waste in consumer electronics value chains through responsible business conduct in South-East Asia”
Bangkok Thailand
7 June 2016
Outline
WEEE situation and management in Thailand
Policy and regulation
Projects and Campaigns
Sources of WEEE in Thailand Industry
• Off-spec products
• Excess scraps from manufacturing
Household/Commercial/Services
• Discarded/broken electrical and electronic devices
Legal & Illegal Import
• Used EEE
• WEEE/scraps/junks
Estimation of WEEE Generation
Ref: PCD, 2012
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Was
te G
en
era
tio
n (
x10
00
un
it)
Year
Mobile phone/Land line
Media player
TV
PC
Fan
Printer
Digital camera/ VDO camcorder
Refrigerator
A/C
Washing Machine
Microwave
4
5
Current WEEE Practices
Informal WEEE
Dismantlers & Recyclers
Some Recyclable
items
non-valued items
Open dumping/
burning
WEEE Generators Household
Offices Shops
Dead Storage
Municipal waste stream
Donate/ Give Away
Sell to junk shops/
informal waste collectors
Local Authority
Minority
Majority
Permitted dismantling, recycling & disposal facilities
Problems
• Lack of WEEE laws & regulations
• Lack of awareness & knowledge
• Only few environmentally sound dismantling, recycling, and disposal facilities
• Existing and active “informal sectors”
but non-environmentally sound management
• Illegal import
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Strategy (2014-2021)
1. Strengthening of import/export control
2. Promotion of eco-friendly e-products with the focus on public procurement
3. Development of WEEE database
4. Development of WEEE segregation, collection, storage and transport for local government
5. Upgrade of dismantling and recycling facility
6. Promotion of public awareness on WEEE
Preventive measures
Implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Use of economic instruments in the WEEE management
Prepare all stakeholders for WEEE law
National WEEE Management Strategy
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Attempts on WEEE Management Legislation
2004 – 2005: Proposed draft act on “Promotion of the Management of Hazardous Substances from Used Products” (product-fee/ governmental fund model) cancelled
2010 – 2013: Draft Act on “Fiscal Measures for Environmental Management” [Regulated by Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance]
- Draft Royal Decree Prescribing Rules, Procedures, Conditions and
Management of Revenue Generated from Product Fees, B.E. ……
- Formulated by Pollution Control Department pending
2013 - present: Draft Act on “the Management of Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment and Other End-of-Life Products B.E…”
(EPR concept) [Regulated by Pollution Control Department ongoing
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Producers/Importers • Provide take-back and collection channels
• Register, submit, and comply with WEEE management plan
Consumer • Return WEEE to the distributor, take-back center or authorized factory
• Ban on discard of WEEE in the public place, abandoned site or in MSW stream
Take-back Center • Refrain from product dismantling, except inspection purposes
• Send the collected WEEE to authorized factory
Specific law on WEEE management based on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principles
Draft Act on the Management of WEEE, B.E. ….
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Projects and Campaigns
WEEE take-back campaign (“WEEE CAN DO”)
WEEE collection campaign
Research Study on WEEE
Identification and characterization of hazardous wastes subject to the Basel Convention (2012)
Establish tariff codes for hazardous wastes subject to the Basel Convention (2013)
Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of E-Waste for Thailand: Capacity Building (funded by (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, United Nations Environment Programme: SBC/UNEP) (2013)
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ESM of E-Waste Project
Br O PbSn Al Cu Si NbFeCa Ni Zn P Sb Cl
PercentageAverage
23 19 14 13 6. 6. 4. 2. 2. 2. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.
StandardDeviation
1. 2. 0. 6. 0. 1. 0. 6. 0. 0. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0.
0.0010.0020.0030.00
% โดย
น ้ำหนกั
Seminars and Trainings
Awareness Raising
For more information: Waste and Hazardous Substance Management Bureau
Pollution Control Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
THAILAND
Tel: +66-02-298-2416
Fax: +66-02-298-5393
E-mail: [email protected]
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