Welcome to Brusels

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MADRID October 2005
Welcome to the
International
Environment
Council
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BIR-IEC

• Chairman
• Mr. Alvaro Rodríguez Martinez (Spain)

Co-Chairs (Italy as host country) Mr. Ruggero
Alocci (Assofermet) Mr. Maurizio Ferrario
(Assofermet) Ms. Claudia Salvestrini (Polieco)

• Delegates
• Mr. Vermoesen (Belgium)
• Mrs. Kostova (Bulgaria)
• Mr. Liu (China)
• Mr. Hloupy (Czech Republic)
• Mr. Braun (Germany)
• Mr. Gläser (Germany)

Invited delegates Mr. Bilimoff (France) Mr.
Seggie (UK) Mr. Symmers (UK) Mr. Wheeler
(UK) Mrs. Millington (UK)
Mr. Münster (Germany) Mr. Willeke (Germany) Mr.
Spuijbroek (Netherlands) Mr. Van Peperzeel
(Netherlands) Dr. Voskamp (Netherlands)
Mr. Grufman (Scandinavia) Mrs. Mihaila
(Romania) Mrs. Garcia Franco (Spain) Mr. Del
Molino Garcia (Spain) Mrs. Wiener (United States)
BIR Secretariat Francis Veys, Secretary
General Ross Bartley, Environmental
Technical Director
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Working programme

• BIR-IEC meetings 2x per year at BIR Conventions,
  this year..
• May 2005 Barcelona
• October 2005 Milan (with new format for the
  meeting)
• Chaired by Mr Alvaro Rodriguez Martinez
  Co-Chair from host Country
• Experts representing their national sectoral
  interests in the environmental issues of the
  commodities for which they are affiliated to BIR
• Supported by the BIR Environmental Technical
  Director
• E-Meetings
• Currently correspondence between experts by
  e-mail coordinated by the BIR Secretariat
  (Environmental Technical Director)
• Conference calls as appropriate

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Role of the BIR-IEC monitoring

• BIR Secretariat (Environmental Technical
  Director ) to continue monitoring environmental
  developments in the International fora,
  principally of
• UN-EP (Stockholm Convention .. Basel Convention)
• UN-ECE (On radioactive contamination issues)
• OECD (On Waste Prevention Recycling issues)
• EU (particularly external trade related)
• National Experts expected to monitor
  environmental developments in their area of
  expertise (commodity) and in their country
  geographical area

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Relationships
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Activities of the BIR-IEC re UN-EP

• Issues -
• Re Basel Convention
• Trade in non-hazardous wastes Annex IX
  questionnaire responses from Governments often
  conflict with their national industry needs
• Application for new listings in Annex VIII (Haz.
  waste) and Annex IX (Non-haz waste). Cable Scrap
  listing agreed at COP-7 in Oct 2004
• Technical Guidelines (e.g. Basel Convention,
  Basel Convention//Stockholm Convention) e.g.
  Wastes contaminated with Persistent Organic
  Pollutants (POPs)
• and

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Activities of the BIR-IEC re UN-EP

• Issues -
• Re Basel Convention
• Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative
• identifying good management practices and
  providing guidance related to the environmentally
  sound management of end-of-life mobile phones
• Project Group 2.1 (Collection Transboundary
  Movement)
• Project Group 3.1 (Recovery and recycling of end
  of life mobile phones )

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Activities of the BIR-IEC re OECD

• OECD Working Group on Waste Prevention
  Recycling (of 30 Industrialized Countries)
• for which BIR Chairs the Industry delegation (ex.
  BIAC)
• Issues
• Environmentally Sound Management (ESM)
• Includes Environmental Management System (ISO
  14000 or EMAS /-)
• Extended Producer Responsibility
• analytical framework for evaluating the costs and
  benefits of EPR
• Markets for Recyclables
• tyres, plastics and used lubricating oils (OECD
  study completed)
• Transboundary movements of wastes (Lists)
• Sustainable Materials Management (SMM)

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Activities of the BIR-IEC re EU

• EU issues of importance to the World Recycling
  Sector
• Revision of the EUs Waste Shipment Regulations
• Business confidentiality issues
• Depending on National Legislation confidential
  business information will still be published on
  the Internet
• Burdensome demand for duplicative statistical
  data
• Imposition of EU standards on facilities outside
  EU
• Some sectors wishing this to provide a trade
  barrier
• European Parliament re 2nd reading Completed
  yesterday
• Conciliation almost certain
• This legislation now affects 25 Countries
• Waste Prevention Recycling Strategy
• Legislative framework, to determine when waste
  ceases to be waste

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Next BIR-IEC meeting

• May 2006 in China