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How can we reach the new WEEE collection targets?

Wednesday, 27 February 2013Brussels

Filippo BernocchiDelegate to Energy and Waste

ANCI - National Association of Italian Municipalities

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Participates, through its own representatives, in every institutional office where decisions concerning the interests of Local Authorities are taken;

Provides consultancy to Municipalities, directly or through agreements or conventions; Participates, as an employer, in the Italian Agency for Contractual Representation in the

Public Sector (ARAN) in relation to the national labour contract for public employees; Promotes studies and research on issues that affect Municipalities and Metropolitan

Cities, steering its own capacity to anticipate trends, changes and new critical situations in the public sector;

Facilitates initiatives to disseminate knowledge of institutions, to improve civic education and to encourage the participation of citizens in municipal life;

Encourages and co-ordinates the activities of ANCI members in the fields of international relations and co-operation.

At present time, 90% of all Municipalities (7,300 of 8,092) are members of ANCI

ANCI: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES

The fundamental aim of ANCI’s activities is to represent and safeguard the Municipality’s interests, lobbying Parliament, the Government, Regions, and Italian Public Administration and EU bodies.

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On 8.092 Italian Municipalitiesmuch as 24% (n. 1.946) have less then 1.000 inhabitants and only 6 more than 0,5 million inh.

THE MUNICIPALITIES IN ITALY: AN OVERVIEW

Population Municipalities %

less than 5.000 inh. 5.683 70%

5.000 – 20.000 inh. 1.893 23%

20.000 – 50.000 inh. 367 5%

over 50.0000 inh. 149 2%

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Legislative Decree 152/2006 (Article 198) fixed the area of responsibility of Municipalities for urban solid waste management.

According to Italian law, Municipalities participate in the management of municipal solid waste and assimilated waste within “Optimal Territorial Areas”, in condition of sole-right.

Municipalities contribute to regulate the management of municipal solid waste adopting special regulations in compliance to principles of transparency, efficiency, effectiveness and economy within the framework of “Optimal Territorial Areas” plans.

WASTE MANAGEMENT - RESPONSIBILITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES

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The Municipal regulations must set:

measures ensuring human health and environment protection in all phases of municipal waste management;

service mode for the collection and transportation of municipal waste;

procedures for effective and efficient separate waste collection, waste reduction and waste recovery;

policy of assimilation – for quantity and quality - of non-household and non-hazardous waste to municipal waste;

prohibitions, obligations and fines.

WASTE MANAGEMENT - RESPONSIBILITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES

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HOUSEHOLD WEEE – MAP OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

RESPONSIBILITY / DUTY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Separate collection and set up of collection points

Municipalities / companies delegated by them

Free of charge delivery Municipalities (delivery from retailers) Retailers (one-to-one take back to

consumers)

Pick up and treatment of collected WEEE (from Municipal Collection Points and from mass retailers collection points)

EEE Producers

Setting up of treatment and recovery system for collected WEEE EEE Producers

Enrollment in the National Registry and annual communication of amount of EEE put on the market

EEE Producers

Information (to citizens and consumers) Municipalities / Companies delegated by

Mun. (to citizens and customers) Retailers (to customers)

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Citizens - Customers Municipalities

Collection

ProducersThrough Collective Schemes

Pick up and transport

Treatment

Planning Agreement ANCI-CdC RAEE (2008 – 2012)

Retailers, home appliances services,

Tech. Assistance Centre

Memorandum of Understanding ANCI - WEEE Coordination Centre – Associations of retailers (since 2010)

Planning Agreement WEEE Coordination Centre- Associations of retailers (since 2010)

MAP OF MULTI-STAKEHOLDER AGREEMENTS

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ROLE OF TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS

No collection point in the Municipal territory

Any collection point is “open to retailers”

At least 1 collection point “open to retailers” is available in the territory

MAIN WEAKNESS OF THE ITALIAN COLLECTION SYSTEM

40% of Italian Municipalities has a WEEE collection point(73,5% of the overall population)

In Southern Regions 74% of Municipalities do not have a MCP(42% of population = 8,8 million inh.)

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In addition, almost 5 year after the start up of the WEEE National System…

MAIN WEAKNESS OF THE ITALIAN COLLECTION SYSTEM

“One to one” take back from Retailers is still suffering constraints related to bureaucracy and lack of infrastructures (only 62% of Municipal Collection Points are available for delivering WEEE) Municipalities still collect most of WEEE

Lack of public information to citizens: almost any communication activities has been done at national level; at local level only uncoordinated initiatives and retailers are not very active on this side… not everyone knows where to take their WEEE

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New (very) ambitious collection targets…

2012 - 2015

4 kg / inh.or average 3

preceding years

2016 - 201845% PoM

(3 preceding years)

From 2019

65% PoM (3 preceding years) or 85% WG

> 8 kg / inh.

> 12 kg / inh.

THE NEW EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE

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…requires a completely new approach

a) Simpler and more effective regulations, in order to make the collection of WEEE easy:

– clear definition of roles and responsibilities– “mandatory cooperation” among all the

involved actors – no unnecessary administrative tasks– no conflict with the general waste

legislation (i.e. about lamps)

HOW CAN WE REACH THE NEW WEEE COLLECTION TARGETS?

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b) Communication & education campaigns:

– explaining what WEEE means– showing environmental and economic

benefits of a proper WEEE management and treatment

– telling to citizens “how to do” in practice

HOW CAN WE REACH THE NEW WEEE COLLECTION TARGETS?

…requires a completely new approach

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c) New collection methodologies:

– “1 against 0” by EEE Retailers– street containers for small WEEE

&home collection for large WEEE

– involvement of no-profit associations, schools, stores…

HOW CAN WE REACH THE NEW WEEE COLLECTION TARGETS?

…requires a completely new approach

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Our initiatives: WEEE@schoolWEEE @Mc Donald’s

Communication campaigns & testing of innovative collection methodologies

financed by the Collective Schemescoordinated by Ancitel Energy & Environment

HOW CAN WE REACH THE NEW WEEE COLLECTION TARGETS?

…requires a completely new approach

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training and technical assistance communication and information services calls to make resources available for the

development and upgrading of MCPs

Further development of support activities to Municipalities and operators of WEEE collection centres (ongoing since 2008)

HOW CAN WE REACH THE NEW WEEE COLLECTION TARGETS?

…requires a completely new approach

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d) Proper financing of collection activities:

because:– Municipalities have not funds enough – Retailers cannot collect for free

Then:– a new “visible fee” system to finance the

whole chain (collection, transport, treatment)

How can we reach the new WEEE collection targets?

…requires a completely new approach