ALEX MCFARLANE HEAD OF PURCHASING NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

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ALEX MCFARLANEHEAD OF PURCHASINGNOTTINGHAM
TRENT UNIVERSITY

• WEEE REGULATIONS 2006 A PURCHASING PERSPECTIVE

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Session Topics

• Introduction
• Strategic overview
• Producer Responsibility v Wriggleoutability
• Whole Life Costing in Purchasing decisions
• Purchasing Issues for Consideration
• Overview of Current Supplier/Producer Practice
• Summary

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Introduction

• Legislative position
• Producer attitudes
• WEEE Scope impact

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Strategic Overview

• Re-use/demand management
• Institutional organisation
• Management efficiency/control
• Risk management

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Producer Responsibility v Wriggleoutability

• Legislation v guidance
• User, producer or scheme responsibility
• WEEE or Historic WEEE
• Compliance schemes

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Whole Life Costing in Purchasing Decisions

• Product Pricing
• WEEE segregation and collection arrangements
• Other disposal arrangements (haz waste, internal
  costs, space, inventory management, arranging
  AATF contracts)
• Current revenue generation

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Purchasing Issues for Consideration (1)

• Tender and contract process
• Specification
• Contract terms
• Questionnaires
• Evaluation criteria/weighting
• Financial checks
• Contract and information management (inc. records
  of prices paid WEEE/not WEEE)
• Marking of EEE
• National and regional contracts
• Supplier rationalisation
• Research equipment

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Purchasing Issues for Consideration (2)

• Maverick buying
• Leasing
• Review of existing contracts
• Legal enforcement

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Overview of Current Supplier/Producer Practice

• Compliance schemes
• Range
• Acceptability
• Non-registered producers
• Role of distributors
• Contract clause variations
• Variations in interpretation
• Examples of supplier approaches

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Summary

• Think strategically about responsibility
• Take a whole life costing approach
• Ensure appropriate contractual and legal
  protection
• Explore purchasing strategies to manage risk and
  costs