E-Waste Collection Events

INTRODUCTION Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (BEA), the Management and Operating Contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) owned Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from qualified recyclers capable of organizing residential electronic waste (e-waste) collection events in states without e-waste recycling regulation (i.e., nonregulated states) to support INL’s research and operational mission. This service is essential for raising awareness, increasing collection volumes and verifying whether successful collection methods from a regulated state can be applied to a nonregulated state with comparable results. Eligible states for this work include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (except eastern and southeastern region), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyoming. BACKGROUND BEA is the Management and Operating Contractor for the DOE located at INL. INL is a DOE national laboratory dedicated to nuclear energy, national security and advanced energy innovation. A BEA research team has the lead role on the DOE project titled, “Comparing Strategies to Collect Battery-Containing Devices in States with and without Electronics Recycling Laws.” The proposed service will operate to support this project through Sept. 30, 2027. In the first two years of this project, project teams organized collection events in New York and Idaho. New York is as urban area with established e-waste regulations, and Idaho is a rural area without such requirements. By applying successful collection methods from New York to southeastern Idaho, we observed similar success across 20 e-waste collection events. To further validate these results, we are seeking opportunities to apply our methods in other nonregulated states by organizing six to nine e-waste collection events. SCOPE OF WORK…