In respect of the contract, this project has completed the following objectives：(1) Reviewed of the calculation formula of the recycling fee rate, and supported the Recycling Fee Rate Review Committee (RFRRC) for administrative operation. (2) Compared foreign and domestic e-waste collection and recycling system and promoted the international cooperation. (3) Reviewed the items of Regulated Recyclable e-waste and its corresponding exit mechanism; reviewed the standards of product green design. (4) Held public campaigns for promoting the e-waste collection. As for the calculation formula of the recycling fee rate, the following objectives have been completed: (1) Proposed 3 suggestions for the recycling fee rate calculation formula and 2 principles in setting subsidy rate. (2) Calculated the Floating Recycling Fee Rate of the air-conditioner and lead-acid batteries, and conducted feasibility assessment. (3) Proposed the project of Differential Recycling Fee Rate with refrigerant collection. (4) Held 12 conferences of the RFRRC working group, and updated the data of fee rates database. As for the comparison of foreign and domestic E-waste collection, the following objectives have been completed: (1) Analyzed and compared the recycling system in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Japan, and South Korea. (2) Analyzed 3 reports of e-waste management, including “The Reuse of Old Appliances, Small Electrical Electric Equipment Recycling Policy in Japan” and “The Challenge of Transposing Recast of The WEEE Directive”. (3) Attended 2013 International e-waste Management Network (IEMN) Meeting. (4) Analyzed and compared the recycling system in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, and Colombia. (5) Revised 11 teaching materials of e-waste recycling program for future e-waste management training. As for the review of regulated recyclable e-waste items and the standards of product green design, the following objectives have been completed: (1) The feasibility assessment of fans from legislative, environmental, economic, operational perspectives. (2) Reviewed 11 items from Regulated Recyclable e-waste. (3) Proposed the reviews of green differential fee rate after compiling opinions from current green label owners and participating companies of the phone interviews or workshops. As for the public campaigns for promoting the e-waste collection, the following objectives have been completed: (1) Selected 2 posters and sent to the transport stations, schools and retailers for promoting thee-waste collection, 9,752 posters were sent out in total; (2) produced a short film for promoting notebook collection; (3) Published the online comics of e-waste recycling whish has reached 47,000 hits; (4) Held 4 recycling awareness workshops with retailers.

Recycling Fee Rate Calculation Formula, Regulated Recyclable Waste, E-waste Management System, Public Campaign for Wastes Collection