joint study groups’ Workshop on Metals Recycling
(St Petersburg 10 – 12 September 2003)
Preliminary Program
DAY ONE: Wednesday 10 September 2003
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening of the Workshop
Member of the government of the Russian Federation
To be confirmed
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote Address: The Role of Recycling in the Developing World
Senior UN official
To be confirmed
10:00 – 12:30 Session 1: Recycling Today: Policies and Practices
This session aims to provide an overview of the drivers of current policies and practices regarding metals recycling in countries in different stages of development, the international context, and opinions of industry and public interest groups.
1. Developing countries: Recycling in Southern Africa: a model for the developing world
Mr. Nick Kock
Collect-A-Can, Republic of South Africa
2. Developed countries: main drivers for recycling policies: Extended Producer Responsibility policies and strategies as important driver of legislation elsewhere.
A representative of an international organisation.
To be confirmed
3. Countries in transition:
Policies to cope with changing conditions in the Russian scrap market.
Ms. Elena Labanova
Ministry of Natural Resources, Russian Federation
Recycling policies in Brazil (Title to be confirmed).
Prof. Tatsuda Moromizato Yosida
Judge of the Regional Courts of Appeal, Brazil
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
4. International policies: drivers of international recycling policies.
Mr. Ibrahim Shafii
Program Officer, Secretariat of the Basel Convention/UNEP
5. Different Approaches in dealing with recyclables; the role of Environmental Sound Management.
Mr. Guy Thiran
Secretary-General Eurométaux
6. The public case: barriers, challenges and opportunities to enhance metal recycling.
Mr. Arjun Dutta
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Alek Ignatow, Natural Resources Canada
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 18:00 Session 2: Recycling Markets and Market Information
Supply and demand for non-ferrous metals scrap, examples of best practices in metals recycling and development of common methodologies to improve market transparency and data collection on metals recycling.
Recycling Markets
1. The global scrap market: scrap and virgin feed competing on the market, globalisation and market disturbances.
Mr. Ulrich Hoffmann
UNCTAD
2. Geographical changes in supply and demand of scrap: changes in supply and demand resulting from changing production in consumption patterns.
Ms. Li Lan
CCIS - BGRMM
3. How is industry preparing for these changes? a perspective from the Philippine recycling industry.
Mr Irving Guerrero
Philippine Recyclers
Examples from the non-ferrous metals industry
4. Changing Trade Patterns between West and Eastern Europe.
Mr. Marc Natan
President of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division
5. Copper: Recycling of Waste of Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) in developing countries.
A representative of the Chinese Government
To be confirmed
6. Lead: Recycling and product stewardship.
Mr. Mick Roche
BHP-Billiton
7. Car Recycling: the example of end-of-life vehicles.
Mr. Esko Mustonen
Kuusakosky Oy
15:45 – 16:15: Coffee Break
Market Information
8. Recycling Ratios: Common definitions and methodologies to enhance transparency in recycling performance.
A Representative of the Informal Working Group of the Study Groups
9. European and global trends in aluminium recycling.
Mr. Kirchner
Secretary General Organisation of European Aluminium Refineries and Resmelters
10. Nickel Recycling Loops: a model of the recycling for nickel.
Mr Bruce McKean.
11. Zinc Recycling: approaches to assessing recycling rates
Mr. Raymond Sempels (to be confirmed)
12. Trade statistics: new scrap trade custom codes.
Mr. Izaak Wind
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Ivor Kirman, Nickel Development Institute
18:00 Closure of Day One of the Workshop
19:00 Reception
DAY TWO: thursday 11 September 2003
09:00 – 11:30 Session 3 –Recycling Technology and Innovation
Presentations on technologies and innovative concepts being applied to improve the collection and recycling of non-ferrous metals, best available technologies versus most appropriate technology and designing for recycling
1. Best available technologies (BAT) versus most appropriate technology: What are the options for the Russian Federation? Situation in host country, trade and recycling issues.
Ms. Marina Soldatenko
Deputy Technical Director Electrozariad
2. Design for recycling: the battery case.
Mr. Brian Wilson
International Lead Management Center
3. Design for recycling: car manufacturing.
A representative of one of the leading car manufacturers.
To be confirmed
4. Voluntary initiatives: sustainable partnership on environmentally sound management of end-of-life mobile phones.
A representative of one of the participants in this initiative.
To be confirmed
5. Waste Recycling: Optimization of Parameters of Global Recycling Materials.
Mr. Julian Semenovith Yusfin.
Vice-Chairman of the Chair of Shaft Furnace Processes, Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys
10:15 – 10:45: Coffee Break
6. Marketing Technology in the Developing World: What is wanted, what is needed and what is delivered.
Mr. Bjorn Linquist
Boliden Contech
7. Zinc Recycling:
A representative of the zinc industry.
To be confirmed
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Brian Wilson, International Lead Management Centre
11:30 – 12:30 Session 4 –The way forward: challenges and opportunities in metals recycling
Key questions that have emerged from the presentations will be summarised and Break Out Groups will be formed.
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 18:00 Break Out Groups
Delegates will review in small groups the threats and opportunities to recycling and will develop recommendations for actions, which will be discussed in a plenary session on Friday.
15:45 – 16:15: Coffee Break
18:00 Closure of the Day Two of the Workshop
19:00 Workshop dinner
DAY THREE: friday 12 September 2003
09:30 – 12:00 Session 5 - Plenary Meeting and Conclusion
Break Out Groups will convene to share the results with the whole Workshop and to develop recommendations to take back to national capitals, industry and other public interest groups.
10:15 – 10:45: Coffee Break
12:00 Closure of the Workshop
12:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 18:00 Visit to recycling facilities in St Petersburg