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1 Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan Japan s Activities on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste with the Asian Countries Shunichi Honda, PhD. Office of Waste Disposal Management Ministry of the Environment, Japan shunichi_honda@env.go.jp E-waste Workshop at 1IETC 8 July2010

2 Contents 1 Flow of 2nd hand EEE and E-waste in the Asia 2 3 Basel Convention Partnership on ESM of E-waste in the Asia Pacific Region Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes

TBM of E-waste (2004-2006) - Export-based Data, SBC National Reporting - Belgium Japan and Thailand are major importers of e- wastes

3 TBM of E-waste ( ) - Export-based Data, SBC National Reporting - Belgium Japan and Thailand are major importers of e- wastes (printed circuit boards and electronic scraps) It reflects the regional recycling scheme a Japanese company developed from its social responsibility

4 TBM of Used TV sets (2006) - Export-based Data, World Trade Atlas Used TV sets are actively traded among non-oecd Legend From OECD From Non-OECD * only trade exceeding 100,000 is reflected. By number of unit (thousand) 5,000 1,

5 TBM of Used Laptop PCs - Export-based Data, World Trade Atlas Used laptop PCs are actively traded among non-oecd Legend From OECD From Non-OECD * only trade exceeding 100,000 is reflected. By number of unit (thousand) 1,

6 TBM of Used Air Conditioners (2006) - Export-based Data, World Trade Atlas Used air conditioners are actively traded among non-oecd Legend From OECD From Non-OECD Hong Kong, SAR * only trade exceeding 20,000 is reflected. By number of unit (thousand) 1,

7 TBM of Used Desktop PCs (2006) - Export-based Data, World Trade Atlas Used desktop PCs are actively traded among non-oecd Legend From OECD From Non-OECD * only trade exceeding 25,000 is reflected. By number of unit (thousand) 1,000 Identification and Analysis of TBM of HW in Asia Available at Asian NT Website: Activities Network Workshop Workshop 2010 Overview of TBM in Asia by Japan

Basel Convention Partnership on ESM of E-waste in the Asia Pacific Region Strategic objectives Assessment of E-waste situation Prevention and minimization of E-waste Development of ESM for E-waste

awareness raising Guidelines for policy formation ESM of E-waste incl.

[Training course] Malaysia Inventory [Pilot collection] Sri Lanka National Implementation Plan [Pilot collection] BCRC-SEA TG on E-waste Inventory/3R DOWA Project - Collection of Used Mobile Phones

8 Basel Convention Partnership on ESM of E-waste in the Asia Pacific Region Strategic objectives Assessment of E-waste situation Prevention and minimization of E-waste Development of ESM for E-waste Capacity building and awareness-raising Promotion of information and training I II III IV Inception workshop in 2005 Inventory Segregation & collection Repair, refurbishment & recycling Training, awareness raising Guidelines for policy formation ESM of E-waste incl. UEEE India Partnerships BCRC China Research on Criteria of E- waste and Used EEE Regional Workshop in 2008 [Development of PPP/regional workshop] [Research Project on E-waste] Thailand Inventory [Training course] Malaysia Inventory [Pilot collection] Sri Lanka National Implementation Plan [Pilot collection] BCRC-SEA TG on E-waste Inventory/3R DOWA Project - Collection of Used Mobile Phones (TH, MY, SG) Regional workshop [Regional database] Legend Completed [in preparation] Ongoing Vietnam Inventory Regional Workshop in 2009 (with JPN, BCRC-SEA &BCRC China) [Pilot collection] Philippines [ESM of E-waste] Cambodia Inventory/training workshops Regional Workshop in 2007 (with JPN & BCRC-SEA) Training for informal sector Indonesia Preliminary Inventory [Detailed Inventory]

9 Project Reports SBC: Technical Matters E Wastes Asia-Pacific Regional Inception Workshop Cambodia India Malaysia Thailand Vietnam BCRC China BCRC-SEA/DOWA Regional Centres Indonesia Sri Lanka National Inventory Partnership National Inventory National Inventory National Inventory Import/Export Management of E-waste and Used EEE in Asia Mobile Phone Pilot Project Projects, workshops and other activities that were carried out during the biennium Preliminary Inventory National Plan BCRC China: Meetings Regional Workshop on E-waste Identification 2008 BCRC-SEA: Publications Project TG on E-waste Inventory TG on 3R for End-of-life E-products Publications Meeting/Workshop Regional Workshop for ESM of E- Waste 2007

conditioners Refrigerators PCs Washing machines 10,000,000

10 Examples of Results Units 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 Estimation in 2008 TVs Mobile phones Air conditioners Refrigerators PCs Washing machines 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 Cambodia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam

11 Regional Workshops Inception Workshop, Tokyo, Nov 2005 Regional Workshop, Siem Reap, Mar 2007 Regional Workshop, Beijing, Nov 2008

E-waste Training Workshop for Asia and the Pacific August 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam 1 Project development Day 1 2 Country presentations (project proposal/plan) 3 ESM of collection and separation Day 2 4

12 E-waste Training Workshop for Asia and the Pacific August 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam 1 Project development Day 1 2 Country presentations (project proposal/plan) 3 ESM of collection and separation Day 2 4 ESM of repair, refurbishment and reconditioning 5 ESM of material recovery and recycling Day 3 6 Other elements for ESM 7 Overall discussion 8 Revision of project proposal/plan Day 4 9 Country presentations (revised proposal/plan) Day 5 10 Site visit 71 participants (8 project participating, SBC, 2 BCRCs, UNEP, resource persons, observers, etc)

13 Training Programme of ESM of E-waste at the Recyclable Waste Collecting Site in Cambodia Training Course on ESM of E-waste for local recyclers, Phnom Penh, Apr 2010 TV debate on E-waste at National TV, Jun 2010 Demonstration site in Phnom Penh

The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes www.env.go.

14 The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes Objectives Share of common understanding on the status of illegal TBM of hazardous wastes Exchange of legal framework, statistical data, illegal cases, etc Annual workshop for CA to the Basel Convention of each member country Date Venue Agenda Specific agenda 2004 Tokyo TOR of the Asian Network Update on 2005 Tokyo national Trends of trading 2007 Beijing regulation, Identification of E-waste/2ndhand products 2008 Tokyo definition, Criteria for new/secondhand/waste activities, etc 2009 Kuala Lumpur Asian situation in TBM of HW 2010 Yokohama Frontline enforcement activities Brunei Cambodia China and Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Korea (Rep.) Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

15 Other Events in July Jakarta, Indonesia Regional Technical Training Workshop on Environmentally Sound Collection, Separation and Management of E-Wastes Organizers: Financial support: BCRC-SEA Ministry of Environment, Indonesia Ministry of the Environment, Japan 30 Nov-2 Dec Siem Real, Cambodia The Asian Network Workshop for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes Organizers: Ministry of Environment, Cambodia BCRC-SEA Ministry of the Environment, Japan Dec Beijing, China 3 rd Face to Face Meeting on Partnership on Action for Computing Equipment (PACE) Organizers: BCRC China Ministry of the Environment, Japan

16 Please visit to: Asian Network Japan s Activities basel_conv/index.htm Thank you

The Basel Convention Programme on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste. Mr. Ibrahim Shafii Secretariat of the Basel Convention/UNEP

The Basel Convention Programme on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste Mr. Ibrahim Shafii Secretariat of the Basel Convention/UNEP Contents of Presentation: - Why e-waste is an issue? - Examples