The Electronics Recycling Education Program presented by the
International Electronics Recyclers Institute (IERI), an educational affiliate
organization of the International Association of Electronics
Recyclers (IAER). This program will address timely and important topics in electronics
recycling. Anyone involved or interested in these topics will benefit from
attending, whether you are in the industry, government or not-for-profit sector.
Workshops include:
Downstream Due Diligence (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
This course will provide participants with an in-depth exposure into
reviewing risk management and downstream due diligence protocols currently being
established in the electronics recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) industry. The
different protocols will be the basis for allowing the participants to create there own
standards for downstream due diligence and risk management in a workgroup format.
Participants will also learn some basic auditing methods and techniques which will be
applied and culminate in workgroups evaluating a case study E-scrap facility. Course Organizer: Andy Ewing – Earth Protection
Services, Inc. (EPSI)
Electronics Specialty Materials: Recycling & Disposal (8:00 am -
12:00 pm)
This course addresses the challenges recyclers face in dealing
with specialty items such as televisions, cell phones, florescent lamps, and
batteries. Industry subject matter experts will offer solutions for collection,
meeting environmental guidelines, transportation, security, and processing; -as well as
identifying potential reuse markets and disposal costs. Course Organizer:
Charlie McKernan – Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery
Data Security Management in Electronics Recycling (1:00
pm - 5:00 pm)
Many organizations are clearly taking the problems of data privacy
and identify theft seriously. However, while
most companies have focused on preventing perpetrators from breaking into their
organizations, there has been comparatively little attention on protecting information
that leaves the company on retired information technology assets. This course will address the data and physical
security issues facing electronic recyclers and their clients. Topics addressed will include an overview of the
data privacy issue, transportation security, data destruction methods, and facility
security measures. Each segment will be
include an interactive session during which attendees can ask questions, review case
studies, and exchange “war stories” and best practices. Course Organizer: Brooks Hoffman - LifeSpan Technology Recycling
For additional information on the course
descriptions, click here.
Four-hour courses are $125 per course for non-IAER member / $95 per course for IAER
members if Registered by September 15th. After September 15th, four-hour courses are
$150 per course for non-IAER member / $125 per course for IAER members.
Eight-hour course is $175 non-IAER member / $145 for IAER members if registered by
September 15th. After September 15th, eight-hour course is $195 non-IAER member /
$165 for IAER members.
Lunch break is on your own from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Please direct questions
regarding the Electronics Recycling Education Program to IAER by email at info@IAER.org or by phone at 888-989-4237.
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Product Designer and Recycling Workshop sponsored
by Green Electronics Council, National Center for Electronics Recycling and E-Scrap
News.
Closing the Electronics Loop: Computer Design and Reuse/Recycling Technologies (3:00
pm - 5:00 pm)
This workshop will engage e-scrap managers with product designers from OEMs to discuss how
products can be better designed to improve the recycling process. Through dialogue
workshop participants will explore:
How can problematic
components and materials be identified and safely removed/handled?
What would recyclers like
to know from OEMs about their products?
How can product design make
disassembly easier and more profitable?
How can product designers
make it easier to capture resalable components and pure material streams?
Workshop participants will:
Review and comment on
proposed design for recycling guidelines.
Explore how recycling
technologies and practices will change in response to changes in product design and new
state funding systems.
This workshop is presented by the managers of the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool). EPEAT is an environmental rating system and procurement tool that
is having a substantial impact on product design. This workshop is intended to help
make the next EPEAT standard more valuable for recyclers.
This is the perfect workshop for:
Electronic recyclers who
want to make their businesses more profitable.
Computer designers from
OEMs who wish to improve the design of their products.
Others in professions where
electronic product design and end-of-life interface.
This workshop is free and pre-registrations is requested. Please contact
Wayne Rifer at wrifer@concentric.net or
503.644.0294 to reigister for this workshop. EPA will provide
financial support to the project through a grant.
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Electronics Recycling Simulation (9:00 am
- 12:00 pm)
Take part in a comprehensive
hands-on electronics recycling simulation that replicates all facets of the two
state-mandated systems currently in use. Workshop participants will have the opportunity
to compare the logistical, administrative and financial aspects of recycling programs
underway in California and Maine for materials including televisions and computer
monitors. There is no cost to participate in this
workshop.
This workshop is free and
pre-registration is requested. For additional information, please contact Tom Sipher at tom.sipher@thomson.net or 317.587.5257.
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Who's Responsible Under Manufacturer
Responsibility?
The National Center for Electronics Recycling will host a workshop on Tuesday, October
23rd from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm. Lunch is provided. Cost is $75 for
non-government attendees and $50 for government attendees.
With three states – Maine,
Maryland, and Washington – currently placing requirements on manufacturers to finance
and implement electronics recycling laws under a manufacturer responsibility approach and
four more states in the pipeline, a critical question is who can or should be the
“manufacturer?” Is it the company who designs the covered product?
Is it the company who assembles the product under contract from the designer? Or is
it the company who owns the rights to the brand that is placed on the product (and what if
there are more than one brands placed on the front)? The National Center for
Electronics Recycling will examine the issues of manufacturer definitions, brands, return
share, and market share in a follow-up workshop to last year’s successful pre-E-Scrap
workshop on return share data issues. Participants will hear about original research
being conducted by the NCER to track differences in brand and manufacturer registration
across state programs, as well as implications of new legal definitions for upcoming state
programs. Representatives from state agencies will also present details about the
progress of implementing these requirements. Manufacturers will learn about the how
differing interpretations of manufacturer and brand definition impact their obligations in
each state. Recyclers will find out how these new requirements could have an effect
on their operations, such as having the ability perform brand counting or sampling,
and knowing the appropriate “manufacturer” to contact to set up compliance
programs. Finally, government stakeholders will learn the details of brand
information, licensing, and definitions that can have implications on how recycling
programs develop. Lunch will be provided to all registered attendees.
For additional information on this workshop, please contact Jason Linnell at jlinnell@electronicsrecycling.org or
304.699.1008.
