1. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
“CWIT Workshop”
WEEE Trace Project
Full Traceability of the management of WEEE
CIP Eco-Innovation Program (Eco/10/277256)
Luis Moreno & Enrique Redondo
(Fundación ECOLEC)
Workshop
Recilec (Aznalcóllar, Seville)
18 June 2014

2. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Project Opportunity
Use of advanced ICT and sensor-based technologies (RFID,
optical identification, image capturing, geo-positioning, etc.)
to:
• Improve the management and control of reverse supply chain flows
for wastes and recycling networks:
• Ensure traceability of complete waste from electrical and electronics
equipment (WEEE) management chain.
Potential Customers/Users :
- Take-back compliance schemes
- Waste management chain actors
- Enforcement agencies

3. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Full life-cycle coverage: 6 partners and 4 associates covering whole life cycle of
EEE products and waste management
6 Partners:
 Technology Solutions provider (Coordinator):
 Customers: WEEE compliance schemes
 Manufacturerof household appliances:
 Logistics operator:
 Treatment plant:
4 External Associates :
Project Partners

4. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
“CWIT Workshop”
WEEE Trace
(Eco/10/277256)
CIP Eco-Innovation (2010) call
High scores in
• Quality of proposed actions
• Market impact and replicability
• European Added Value
selected
projects; 42;
15%
not
selected;
245; 85%
287 Proyectos presented (2010)
Success rate 15%

5. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Ecolec
55,6%
Fundación ECOLEC
(www.ecolec.es)
• Collective compliance scheme
• Wastes from Electrical and Electronics Equipment
(WEEE)
– All 10 categories
• Wastes from batteries
• ISO9001:2008 and 14001:2004 certifications.
• WEEE Forum active member
• Committed to WEEE LABEX
• Adhered to Global Compact United Nations Social
Responsibility Principles
Market share (POM) of WEEE Compliance
Schemes in Spain
Ecolec 53,11 %
(2013)

6. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Objectives
• Increase volume of WEEE legally recycled reducing leaks to
uncontrolled channels
• Use of ICT to characterize and locate/funnel/sort/recycling
different types of WEEE
• Track and control incidences like scavenging, leaks, presence of
free-riders, malpractices, etc.
• Facilitate enforcement and reporting
• Identify and address replication opportunities
• Duration: 36 months (Jul 2011  Jul 2014)
Currently in final month 36/36 of implementation, but
Project will continue !

7. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
“CWIT Workshop”
Video

8. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Main Objective
Consumer
Municipal
Collection
Points
Retail
Treatment Plants
Collection Point
Logistic Operator
Develop a traceability solution to control the reverse
supply chain of WEEE recycling

9. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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ES: Market needs / key
features
• Improve WEEE collection & Reduce WEEE leaks
• Use of sensor applications to ensure traceability through whole reverse
supply chain, featuring:
– Tagging and tracking (RFID + BC)
– Identification and characterization through RFID readers
– Sorting and Channeling to appropriate treatment facilities
– Traceability by unit  picture and video included
– Automation of incidence management, certification and invoicing
– Simplification of reporting
– Standardization of information
– Integration in Company’s ERP system

10. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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WEEE TRACE
Implementation / Deployment

11. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Key Elements
 ID Tagging of WEEE
 Barcoding + Numerical
 RFID
 Shielding issues addressed
 Format and Contact
standardized according to
GS1
 Tracking through whole reverse
supply chain
 Mobile Readers
 Arcs
 Video
 Geo-positioning
 Photos
 Scavenging
 Integration into existing IT and ERP
platforms
 Triggering of automated
certification and invoicing
processes.
 Automation of incidence
management.
 Simplification of reporting
 Indicators
 Based on standards
 Communications
 Identification
 Interoperability

12. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Technological infrastructure

13. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Deployment
> 150 actors engaged:
 Collection points
 Logistics partners
 Treatment facilities
Approx. 200 mobile readers
deployed
 Remotely controlled
 Information on status and usage
 Metrics and indicators re usage,
statistics

14. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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On-line management and monitoring
of deployed infrastructure

15. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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WEEE TRACE
Practical Experience

16. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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WEEE TRACE
Levels of Management
400,000 waste units
Reuse initiated in May 2014:
5,000 kg

17. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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WEEE TRACE:
Tracking WEEE in practice
Tracked information:
 WEEE type, weight
 Origin, destination,
 Certificates and proofs (e.g. signatures,
videos)
 Picture and status e.g. scavenging
 “track and trace” Location and travel
 Management of incidences: “missings”, idle
times, inconsistencies (i.e. weights), potential
frauds
 Brand and model (optional)

18. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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WEEE TRACE in RECILEC
RECILEC:
> 863 tons of WEEE collected and
treated with WEEE TRACE traceability

19. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Pilots of tagging at Municipal
Collection Points
Features
• Information on quantities managed
• Tracking and proof-of-treatment
• Quantification of leaks
• Possibility to provide information when
waste is deposited

20. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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Overall Conclusions
Significant effort spent, but WEEE TRACE is here…
• Tracking and tracing of WEEE but applicable to other wastes also
• WEEE tagged means WEEE monitored!!!
• Proof of treatment  Reduction of leaks in supply chain
• Control incidences like scavenging, leaks, malpractices, etc.
• Instrumental in efficiency improvement program in Ecolec.
• Better mix of WEEE collected.
• Automated certification and invoicing processes  Ability to reduce
administrative and reporting burden.
Traceability solution based on standards (comms, id, web based, etc), open
and capable of interacting with other platforms
Opportunity of expansion to
• upstream household collection
• Identification and tracking by Producers: Project , Design by Recycling

21. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
“CWIT Workshop”
Some testimonials
“I see value in enforcement agencies
using WEEE TRACE principles and systems
to make controls of shipments” (Stephane
Arditi, European Environmental Bureau )
“Very interesting. This tracing system if
harmonized could be a way to trace e-
Waste shipments to its origin” (Junya
Kikuhara – Basel Asian network)
“WEEE TRACE actually simplifies the work by the
waste management ” (José Gómez, Emaús)
“This system justifies the role of collective
take-back schemes as guarantors of Producers
compliance responsibilities” (Ängel Lasunción,
Recytel recycling facility)
“We reduced time required for the management of
load from 45 to 5 mins. It is just a way to do our work”
(Camino Ostériz, Ecointegra Recycling facility)

22. WEEE TRACE (Seville, June 2014)
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