Your Green Future Belongs to Asia: Perspectives on Junkyard Planet

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1 Your Green Future Belongs to Asia: Perspectives on Junkyard Planet

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22 The Price of Chinese Recycling Labor 2002: RMB /month 2014: RMB /month

23 Jiangxi Copper Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

24 Chinese Copper Production/Scrap ( ) *figures are in millions of tons In 2011, 50% of Chinese copper came from scrap

25 Chinese Imported Copper VS Domestic Copper ( ) *figures are in millions of tons

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28 China And Other Developing Economies Still Have a Way to Go to Catch Up to Per Capita GDP in Developed Economies

29 S&P: China will be world s biggest consumer by 2018 Already: Top Iron Ore Consumer Top Gold Consumer Top Silver Consumer Top Aluminum Consumer Top Copper Consumer Top palladium consumer Top platinum consumer Top rare earth consumer Top Automobile Market Top Mobile Phone Market Top PC Market Top Refrigeration Market Top A/C Market

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31 E-Waste Generation: US & China in 2012 US mil tons China mil tons

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34 How Much is Actually Exported? Peer Reviewed Studies Brevik, Armitage, Wania & Jones. Tracking the Global Generation and Exports of e-waste. Do Existing Estimates Add up Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014, 48 (15), pp ***In 2005, 23% of e-waste generated in the OECD went to non- OECD countries. Lepawsky. The changing geography of global trade in electronic discards: time to rethink the e-waste problem. The Geographical Journal DOI: /geoj ***In 2012, less than 1% of total global trade in electronics discards moved from Annex VII to non-annex VII countries.

35 ***Imported WEE: 70% functional; 20% repairable and refurbishable; 10% nonfunctioning US Government Study International Trade Commission. Used Electronic Products: An Examination of U.S. Exports. March ***0.13% of e-waste exported for final disposal, or dumping (excludes recycling and repair). UN Studies How Much is Actually Exported? Lagos & Freiberg. Informal E-waste management in Lagos, Nigeria socioeconomic impacts and feasibility of international recycling co-operations UNEP. ***Nigeria 70% of all imported electronic equipment is functional. Of nonfunctional, 70% can be repaired. Only 9% is non-functional, non-repairable, and bound for recycling. SBC E-Waste Project. Ghana E-Waste Country Assessment. March 2011.

36 Global E-Waste Trade Network in 1996

37 Global E-Waste Trade Network in 2012

38 The Changing Geography of Global Trade in E-Waste

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41 Components Recycling in China Guiyu, August 2013

42 Two Component Recycling Streams Re-use in China Export for refining (EU/Japan)

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44 Xie Zhenhua, Vice-Chair, Nat l Development & Reform Commission (Guiyu, 2007)

45 Cheap New Goods Killing Re-Use Markets in China

46 Where Chinese E-Waste Isn t Going

47 The Future of Chinese Re-use: India and Africa

48 Producer Responsibility Take-Back System Launched May 1, 2013 after two years of trials. Each Province administers their own program using funds dispersed from the federal government. Currently covers CRTs, computers, refrigerators, washing machines, and airconditioners. Printers and mobile phones next.

49 Producer Responsibility Tax Per Unit Tax: Televisions: RMB 13/$2.13 Computers: RMB 10/$1.64 Refrigerators: RMB 12/$1.97 Washing machines: RMB 7/$1.15 Air-conditioners: RMB 7/$1.15 $1 = RMB 6.13

50 Subsidy for Approved Recyclers Television RMB 85/$13.90 Computer RMB 85/$13.90 Refrigerator RMB 35/$5.73 Washer RMB 35/$5.73 A/C unit RMB 85/$13.90

51 China s Licensed E-waste Management System Infrastructure: 64 licensed companies, including 7 demonstration bases Plans for 114 units Volumes: Current capacity: 88 million units/year Planned 94 million units Zhao Yang, General Manager of Chinese Southwest Renewable Resources Industrial Park (Neijiang, Sichuan)

52 Southwest China Resource Recycling Base Founded in 2010 Operational in acres 2000 employees CRT, PC, washer, and refrigerator dismantling; PET recycling 8000 CRTs/day dismantled In-house plastic recycling line CRT Glass-to-Glass Plant under construction Precious Metals Refinery Under Construction Mobile Phone Line Planned for 2014

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66 Global E-Waste Trade Network in 2012

67 Eurasian WEEE Bridge?

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