Katie Miller

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2007-2008 ELECTRONICS REUSE AND RECYCLING
CAMPAIGN

• Katie Miller
• Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
• April 3, 2008

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Overview

• What is the Electronics Reuse and Recycling
  Campaign?
• Why should my facility register?
• How does it work?
• How can my facility become involved?

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WHAT IS THE ELECTRONICS REUSE AND RECYCLING
CAMPAIGN?
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Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign
The ERRC is a challenge to see which federal
facilities can reuse and recycle the most excess
or surplus electronics Sponsored by
Recycling Electronics and Asset Disposition
(READ) Services
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ERRC Purpose

• Demonstrate the federal government's commitment
  to electronics stewardship at end-of-life (EOL)
• Address problems associated with electronics
  recycling in the federal sector
• Recognize agency efforts to reuse and recycle
  excess or surplus electronics

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ERRC Assistance

• Assists federal agencies and facilities in
  understanding the electronics disposition process
  at EOL
• Helps federal agencies implement environmentally
  sound electronics management (EO 13423)
• Provides information on EOL requirements and the
  Computers for Learning (CFL) donation process

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WHY SHOULD MY FACILITY REGISTER?
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Extent of the Problem
Barely 1 in 10 computers gets reused or recycled
but 94 of cars end up in scrap yards for part
reclamation and recycling to create other
products.
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Federal Issue

• Approximately 10,000 federally owned computers
  could be deemed excess or surplus each week
• The Federal Government set Environmentally Sound
  Management guidelines for itself to ensure it is
  responsibly managing its electronic assets!

From This
To This
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Its Required!

• EO 13423 Implementing Instructions
• Ensure that all non-usable electronic products
  are reused, donated, sold, or recycled using
  environmentally sound management practices at end
  of life.
• The ERRC helps you meet this requirement!

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Benefits

• Eligible to win OFEE Award
• Show Leadership
• Reduce Liability
• Save Money
• Protect the Environment

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2006-2007 ERRC Results

• 740,426 lbs. reused
• 1,686,190 lbs. recycled
• Equivalent to

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GHG Savings 6,430 Metric Tons Carbon Equivalent
Taking 5,102 vehicles off the road per year
Energy Savings 81.9 Gigawatt Hours Powering
7,221 households per year
Municipal Solid Waste Savings 1,100 Metric Tons
Eliminating waste from 570 households per year
Energy Cost Savings 7.1 million
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HOW DOES THE ERRC WORK?
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2007-2008 ERRC

• Runs from October 1, 2007 through September 30,
  3008
• Register facility at any point during the
  Campaign and report activities back to October 1,
  2007

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Four Campaign Regions

• East
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• US Virgin Islands
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia

South AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyL
ouisianaMississippiNew MexicoNorth
CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTexas
Midwest IllinoisIndianaIowaKansasMichiganMinn
esotaMissouriNebraskaOhioWisconsin
West AlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaCaliforniaCol
oradoGuamHawaiiIdahoMontanaNevadaNorth
DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOregonSouth
DakotaUtahWashingtonWyoming
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Six Campaign Categories

• Within each Campaign Region
• Small Federal Facility (Civilian)
• Small Federal Facility (Military)
• Medium Federal Facility (Civilian)
• Medium Federal Facility (Military)
• Large Federal Facility (Civilian)
• Large Federal Facility (Military)
• Small federal facilities Less than 500 employees
• Medium federal facilities 500 to 2,500 employees
  
• Large federal facilities More than 2,500
  employees

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Eligible Electronics

• Fax Machines
• Scanners
• Multifunction imaging equipment
• Calculators
• Typewriters
• Cell Phones
• PDAs
• Power Supplies
• Telephone Systems

• Personal computers (PCs)
• Laptop computers
• Printers
• Servers
• Monitors
• Keyboards
• Mice
• A/V Equipment
• Mainframes
• Copiers

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Unacceptable Materials

• White Goods (Appliances)
• Large non-PC based mission specific equipment
• Equipment containing radioactive sources,
  chemicals, or requires decontamination
• PC based medical equipment that has not been
  decontaminated
• Light bulbs
• Lead acid batteries
• Hazardous waste

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Metrics

• Reused and recycled electronics measured in
  pounds (lbs.)
• Estimations available on ERRC website

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Awards

• 6 Facility Awards within each region
• 1 Agency Award
• White House Ceremony

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HOW CAN MY FACILITY BECOME INVOLVED?
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The 3 Rs of ERRC

• Register
• Reuse and Recycle
• Report

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Register

• Its easy to register your facility for the ERRC!
  
• Simply visit the ERRC Registration Page, complete
  the short form, and your facility is registered!

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Reuse and Recycle

• Reuse
• Internally
• Within Federal Community
• Computers for Learning
• Recycle
• READ Services Contract
• UNICOR
• Other recycler that follows environmentally sound
  practices
• Keep recycling and reuse documentation on file

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Report

• Calculate recycling and reuse weights
• Estimations available online
• Report data on ERRC website
• January 15
• April 15 Coming soon! Be sure to report.
• July 15
• September 30

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Additional Information

• For more information or to register for
• the ERRC, visit
• http//www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/errc/

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ERRC Contacts

• Katie Miller
• OFEE
• 202.343.9841
• katie.miller_at_ofee.gov
• Cate Berard
• EPA
• 202.564.8847
• berard.cate_at_epa.gov
• Juan Lopez
• OFEE
• 202.343.9481
• lopez.juan_at_ofee.gov