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E-Waste Management in the Philippines By Charles Tito R. Aguilar JD 4203
What is E-waste?
What is E-waste?
E-Waste (electronic waste) is the term used to describe the rapidly growing stream of waste from discarded electronics and appliances. These items include anything from computers, TVs and phones to washing machines and refrigerators to everything else in between. Most of these electronics or appliances are often not trash, but simply outdated and traded up for the latest version on the market.
What laws regulate e-waste?
Locally there is no special law on e-waste. Instead, discarded electronics fall under the “special waste” category of Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The act, which is a general law that aims to reduce and properly manage solid waste in the Philippines, identifies the local government units to be responsible for the collection and handling of special wastes, and to identify current and proposed programs to ensure proper handling, re-use and long-term disposal of such.
What laws regulate e-waste?
In addition to RA 9003, Republic Act No. 6969, also called the Toxic Substance and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act of 1990, seeks to, among others, with regard to chemical substances and mixtures that present an unreasonable risk or injury to health or the environment to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal thereof. With regard to hazardous and nuclear wastes RA 6969 seeks to prevent the entry, even in transit, as well as the keeping or storage and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country for whatever purpose.
What laws regulate e-waste?
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) istrative Order 29 (DAO 29), series of 1992 is the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 6969. DAO 29 outlines the processes, including the requirements, in the management of toxic and hazardous wastes, as well as the penalties that may be imposed in violation of the law.
What laws regulate e-waste?
The Basel Convention was created in 1989 by the United Nations Environment Program to help control the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal and currently includes over 180 participants and which the Philippines is a signatory. One stipulation the treaty ensures, is that before the export of hazardous waste can occur, sending parties must confirm that waste will be managed in an environmentally safe manner in the country of import.
E-waste as a rising global concern
According to the most recent report released by the United Nations University (UNU) on e-waste, findings show that globally we produced 41.8 million tons of e-waste in 2014. Even more startling -- it is believed that less than onesixth is properly recycled or reused.
E-waste as a rising global concern
An issue of toxicity
Not only does the phenomenon of e-waste pose volume management problems for countries, it also creates serious environmental and health concerns. E-waste contains a cocktail of hazardous materials that can pollute groundwater and surrounding bodies of water, and contaminate the air and ultimately affect biodiversity. Moreover, people exposed to such materials may be more prone to brain and reproductive system problems and different forms of cancer.
E-waste is classified as Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment by DENR procedural manual on toxic and hazardous waste management. It is defined to include all waste electrical and electronic equipment that contain hazardous components such as lead, cium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers that include its peripherals i.e., ink cartridges, toners, etc.
E-waste as a rising global concern
An issue of volume
The Philippines, in its own capacity, can generate an overwhelmingly large amount of e-waste. A 2005 study on the current and future quantity of e-waste in the Philippines estimates that approximately 2.7 million units of televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines and radios became obsolete by the end of 2005, with around 1.8 million units going to landfills. From 1995 to 2005, approximately 14 million units became obsolete, with an additional 14 million units projected to follow the same route by 2010.
However, a significant amount of e-waste also enters the Philippines as “surplus electronics” from other countries such as the United States, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. Importation of secondhand home appliances and electronic equipment is controlled by the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment & Natural Resources, following the provisions of the Basel Convention.
What Is Being Done?
The DENR has a list of accredited companies that provide recycling services for e-waste, which is considered special waste. They are called Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) facilities.
The DENR Environmental Quality Division-Hazardous Waste Management Section held a public consultation last April 08, 2015 at EMB Central Office in order to solicit inputs and comments from the different stakeholders on the draft guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. It was attended by representatives from EMB, concerned government agencies, industries and other stakeholders.
What Is Being Done?
In July 2010, the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), an attached agency of the DENR, developed a safety module for the informal waste sector. The module, which focused mostly on chemical safety, aimed to educate the different people engaged in the sector about the occupational hazards they are exposed to, as well as some immediate measures that can be taken to minimize health and environmental risk.
What Is Being Done?
Malls have e-waste collection days to allow mall-goers to bring all their unwanted electronics. SM has its Trash to Cash Recycling Market and Ayala has its Recyclables Fair. A person can bring old batteries, old cassettes, old appliances that are no longer working and there are people who come and buy them from you in bulk.
What can you do?
While we all have busy lives, we can still do our part to help. For instance, we can easily implement the three R's we learned in school.
Research. Know which companies produce safe and environmentally sustainable electronic gadgets. Websites such as those set up by Greenpeace have guides that rank the top electronics manufacturers according to their policies on toxics, recycling, and climate change.
Purchase electronics that have the “RoHS” logo. This means that the equipment complies with the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive that prohibits the sale of electronics that contain common toxins found in electronic gadgets.
What can you do?
Buy energy-efficient electronic products. Less energy used means lesser power consumed. Which is good not only for Meralco but for the climate as well.
Look for brands with good warranty and take-back policies. Reputable manufacturers should stand behind the products they sell.
Go for quality, not quantity. Most of the cheap items will wear out after a few months. Buying a product of good quality is a much better investment — and better for the environment, too.
What can you do?
Look for electronics with rechargeable rather than disposable batteries.
Don’t dump or burn your e-waste. Look for reputable recyclers who can manage the toxic waste in an environmentally sound manner.
What is E-waste?
What is E-waste?
E-Waste (electronic waste) is the term used to describe the rapidly growing stream of waste from discarded electronics and appliances. These items include anything from computers, TVs and phones to washing machines and refrigerators to everything else in between. Most of these electronics or appliances are often not trash, but simply outdated and traded up for the latest version on the market.
What laws regulate e-waste?
Locally there is no special law on e-waste. Instead, discarded electronics fall under the “special waste” category of Republic Act No. 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The act, which is a general law that aims to reduce and properly manage solid waste in the Philippines, identifies the local government units to be responsible for the collection and handling of special wastes, and to identify current and proposed programs to ensure proper handling, re-use and long-term disposal of such.
What laws regulate e-waste?
In addition to RA 9003, Republic Act No. 6969, also called the Toxic Substance and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act of 1990, seeks to, among others, with regard to chemical substances and mixtures that present an unreasonable risk or injury to health or the environment to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal thereof. With regard to hazardous and nuclear wastes RA 6969 seeks to prevent the entry, even in transit, as well as the keeping or storage and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country for whatever purpose.
What laws regulate e-waste?
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) istrative Order 29 (DAO 29), series of 1992 is the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 6969. DAO 29 outlines the processes, including the requirements, in the management of toxic and hazardous wastes, as well as the penalties that may be imposed in violation of the law.
What laws regulate e-waste?
The Basel Convention was created in 1989 by the United Nations Environment Program to help control the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal and currently includes over 180 participants and which the Philippines is a signatory. One stipulation the treaty ensures, is that before the export of hazardous waste can occur, sending parties must confirm that waste will be managed in an environmentally safe manner in the country of import.
E-waste as a rising global concern
According to the most recent report released by the United Nations University (UNU) on e-waste, findings show that globally we produced 41.8 million tons of e-waste in 2014. Even more startling -- it is believed that less than onesixth is properly recycled or reused.
E-waste as a rising global concern
An issue of toxicity
Not only does the phenomenon of e-waste pose volume management problems for countries, it also creates serious environmental and health concerns. E-waste contains a cocktail of hazardous materials that can pollute groundwater and surrounding bodies of water, and contaminate the air and ultimately affect biodiversity. Moreover, people exposed to such materials may be more prone to brain and reproductive system problems and different forms of cancer.
E-waste is classified as Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment by DENR procedural manual on toxic and hazardous waste management. It is defined to include all waste electrical and electronic equipment that contain hazardous components such as lead, cium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers that include its peripherals i.e., ink cartridges, toners, etc.
E-waste as a rising global concern
An issue of volume
The Philippines, in its own capacity, can generate an overwhelmingly large amount of e-waste. A 2005 study on the current and future quantity of e-waste in the Philippines estimates that approximately 2.7 million units of televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines and radios became obsolete by the end of 2005, with around 1.8 million units going to landfills. From 1995 to 2005, approximately 14 million units became obsolete, with an additional 14 million units projected to follow the same route by 2010.
However, a significant amount of e-waste also enters the Philippines as “surplus electronics” from other countries such as the United States, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. Importation of secondhand home appliances and electronic equipment is controlled by the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment & Natural Resources, following the provisions of the Basel Convention.
What Is Being Done?
The DENR has a list of accredited companies that provide recycling services for e-waste, which is considered special waste. They are called Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) facilities.
The DENR Environmental Quality Division-Hazardous Waste Management Section held a public consultation last April 08, 2015 at EMB Central Office in order to solicit inputs and comments from the different stakeholders on the draft guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. It was attended by representatives from EMB, concerned government agencies, industries and other stakeholders.
What Is Being Done?
In July 2010, the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), an attached agency of the DENR, developed a safety module for the informal waste sector. The module, which focused mostly on chemical safety, aimed to educate the different people engaged in the sector about the occupational hazards they are exposed to, as well as some immediate measures that can be taken to minimize health and environmental risk.
What Is Being Done?
Malls have e-waste collection days to allow mall-goers to bring all their unwanted electronics. SM has its Trash to Cash Recycling Market and Ayala has its Recyclables Fair. A person can bring old batteries, old cassettes, old appliances that are no longer working and there are people who come and buy them from you in bulk.
What can you do?
While we all have busy lives, we can still do our part to help. For instance, we can easily implement the three R's we learned in school.
Research. Know which companies produce safe and environmentally sustainable electronic gadgets. Websites such as those set up by Greenpeace have guides that rank the top electronics manufacturers according to their policies on toxics, recycling, and climate change.
Purchase electronics that have the “RoHS” logo. This means that the equipment complies with the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive that prohibits the sale of electronics that contain common toxins found in electronic gadgets.
What can you do?
Buy energy-efficient electronic products. Less energy used means lesser power consumed. Which is good not only for Meralco but for the climate as well.
Look for brands with good warranty and take-back policies. Reputable manufacturers should stand behind the products they sell.
Go for quality, not quantity. Most of the cheap items will wear out after a few months. Buying a product of good quality is a much better investment — and better for the environment, too.
What can you do?
Look for electronics with rechargeable rather than disposable batteries.
Don’t dump or burn your e-waste. Look for reputable recyclers who can manage the toxic waste in an environmentally sound manner.
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