20051129 產業最新消息匯集(二)

電子業者害怕承擔WEEE生產者責任

最近在新的電子電器設備廢棄物法規中，討論如何將生產者責任費用分攤在電子製造業者之間。電子產業擔憂一旦註冊加入貿易工業部(DTI)，可能意味著其自願負擔未來難以回收之電子廢棄物設備之費用。如何符合這些法規的相關細節，皆可於伴隨著WEEE法規出版之非法定指導文件當中看見。分配系統建議需回收WEEE至指定地點之大型公司可轉讓部分回收費用予未回收WEEE之小型公司負擔。

參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042


2006年起包裝材料之最新回收目標

Defra已經宣佈自2006年至2010年期間，每一年回收廢棄包裝材料之最新目標。此項聲明代表著之前已經宣佈到2008年之目標之修正方案，以及2009年與2010年之新目標。同時，亦宣布其他關於包裝材料製造業者責任條例之修正方案。Defra日後每年將會宣佈符合性計畫以獲得政府機關之認可。所有修正法案均會通過國會同意。

參考網址: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092


美國對於京都議定書持反對立場，將邁向下一階段

美國總統 布希身邊之首席環保官員於週一為京都議定書持華盛頓之反對立場，他認為全世界人類應該已經深思熟慮到劃時代性重大協定到期之後之選擇。詹姆士康諾頓於布魯塞爾(比利時首都)與歐盟議會人員商談中，認為1997年京都議定書的要求，對於美國簡直太過於苛求。尤其，他駁回溫室效應排放貿易”不適當”之選擇，其為歐盟今年所發動一種鼓勵生產者減少二氧化碳生產量之方式之系統。詹姆士康諾頓向記者透露:「美國總統正在緊縮策略，目標在提升經濟成長，並非降低經濟成長，因此溫室效應排放貿易並非一個有益之工具。」

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Industry fears over "opt in" WEEE producer responsibility (08.11.05)
Last-minute discussions on new waste electronics regulations are focussing on how producer responsibility costs will be shared out between electronics manufacturers. Industry is concerned that the "opt in" system now being put forward by the Department of Trade and Industry may mean producers that volunteer to collect waste electrical equipment could find it difficult to recover costs. The new regulations themselves, which will bring into force Europe's WEEE Directive in the UK, are virtually complete. However, they are likely to be only a loose framework for how producers will pay for the collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE).

Guidance The real details of how to meet these regulations – and hence the current areas of contention – will be found in non-statutory guidance published alongside the WEEE regulations.

Allocation The DTI's "allocation system" is similar to the proposal from industry in that larger companies would volunteer to carry out collections from designated collection sites, passing some costs to smaller companies that do not collect WEEE. The government is now proposing more of a free market for the evidence of WEEE compliance – perhaps even akin to the PRNs (packaging waste recovery note) bought and sold in packaging producer responsibility.

Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/legislation/news.jsp?story=5042

New recycling targets announced for packaging from 2006

Defra has announced new targets for the recycling of packaging waste in each year from 2006 until 2010. The announced targets represent a revision of targets previously announced for the period up to 2008, as well as new targets for two further years in 2009 and 2010. Other changes to the packaging producer responsibility regulations have also been announced today, with Defra abandoning plans to make compliance schemes apply for ministerial approval every year. All of the changes are subject to Parliamentary approval.

Website for more information: http://www.letsrecycle.com/materials/packaging/news.jsp?story=5092

US defends opposition to Kyoto, looks to next steps

President George W. Bush's top environmental aide defended Monday Washington's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, saying the world should already be mulling options for after the landmark pact runs out. In Brussels for talks with his European Union counterparts, James Connaughton said requirements of the 1997 protocol were simply too costly for the United States. Specifically he dismissed as "inappropriate" the option of trading in greenhouse gas emissions, a system launched by the European Union this year as a way of encouraging companies to cut their production of carbon dioxide. "The (US) president is pursing a strategy that is aimed at advancing economic growth, not subtracting from economic growth, and therefore emissions trading is not a useful tool," Connaughton told a small group of reporters.

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