1Introduction 9
1.1Purpose of the guidance document 9
1.2Objectives of the inventory 10
1.3Structure of the guidance 10
2Background information on c-PentaBDE, c-OctaBDE and HBB 12
2.1POP-PBDEs and HBB in the Convention 12
2.2Production of commercial PBDE mixtures and HBB 13
2.3Former uses of POP-PBDEs 14
2.3.1Former uses of c-PentaBDE 14
2.3.2Former uses of c-OctaBDE 16
2.4Former uses of HBB 17
2.5POP-PBDEs in material/recycling flows and at end-of-life 17
2.5.1C-PentaBDE in reuse, recycling and waste flows 17
8.1.1C-OctaBDEs in reuse, recycling and waste flows 20
10.1Potential contaminated sites 21
11How to conduct a POP-PBDEs inventory 22
11.1Step 1: Planning the inventory 24
11.1.1Establish a national inventory team 24
11.1.2Identify key stakeholders 24
11.1.3Define the scope of the inventory 27
11.1.4Develop the work plan 28
11.2Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies 28
11.2.1Tiered approach 28
Tier I: Initial assessment 29
Tier II: Preliminary inventory 30
Tier III: In-depth inventory 30
11.2.2Indicative, qualitative and quantitative methodologies 30
15.1Step 3: Collecting and compiling data from key sectors 32
15.2Step 4: Managing and evaluating the data 33
15.2.1Data management 33
15.2.2Mechanism for evaluation of the inventory 33
15.3Step 5: Preparing the inventory report 34
16Inventory of POP-PBDEs in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and related waste (WEEE) 35
16.1Step 1: Planning the inventory and identifying stakeholders 36
16.2Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies 36
16.2.1Tier I: Initial assessment 36
16.2.2Tier II: Preliminary inventory of POP-PBDEs in CRT casings 38
16.2.3Tier III: In-depth inventory of POP-PBDEs-containing EEE/WEEE 38
16.3Step 3: Collecting and compiling data from sectors 39
16.3.1Inventory of stocks and flows of EEE/WEEE 40
1.1.1.1Imports of new and second-hand EEE 40
1.1.1.2EEE in use or stored at the consumer level (stocks) 43
1.1.1.3EEE entering the waste stream 46
16.3.2Total polymer fraction in relevant EEE/WEEE 47
16.3.3POP-PBDEs content in the polymer fraction 47
16.3.4How to use collected data for the estimation of the POP-PBDEs inventory 48
1.1.1.4POP-PBDEs in imported EEE 49
1.1.1.5POP-PBDEs in stocks of EEE 49
1.1.1.6POP-PBDEs in EEE entering the waste stream 50
1.1.1.7POP-PBDEs in secondary polymers from recycling from WEEE and imports 51
16.3.5Recalculation from c-OctaBDE content to POP-PBDEs 52
16.4Step 4: Managing and evaluating data 52
16.5Step 5: Preparing the inventory report 53
17Inventory of POP-PBDEs in the transport sector 53
17.1Step 1: Planning the inventory 53
17.2Step 2: Choosing data collection methodologies 54
17.2.1 Tier I: Initial assessment 54
17.2.2Tier II: Preliminary inventory 55
17.2.3Tier III: In-depth inventory 56
17.3Step 3: Compiling data from sectors 56
17.3.1Amount of POP-PBDEs in impacted cars, trucks and buses 57
17.3.2Total use of POP-PBDEs in transport, regional use patterns and related impacted factors 58
17.3.3General formula to calculate POP-PBDEs in vehicles 59
17.3.4Individual stages of the vehicle life cycle for data compilation 59
17.3.5Calculation of POP-PBDEs of vehicles in current use/sale 61
17.3.6Calculation of POP-PBDEs in imported/exported vehicles 62
17.3.7Calculation of POP-PBDEs in ELVs for the respective inventory year 63
17.3.8Calculation of POP-PBDEs in historically disposed wastes from vehicles 64
17.3.9Calculation of listed PBDEs in the transport sector 65
17.3.10Estimation of POP-PBDEs from ELVs entering recycling processes 66
17.4Step 4: Managing and evaluating data 67
17.5Step 5: Preparing the inventory report 67
18Inventory of POP-PBDEs in other uses 67
18.1Inventory approach for POP-PBDEs in other uses 68
18.1.1POP-PBDEs-containing furniture, mattresses and rebond material 69
18.1.2POP-PBDE-containing textiles 69
18.1.3POP-PBDE-containing construction materials 69
18.1.4POP-PBDEs in rubber 70
18.1.5Former POP-PBDEs use in drilling operation 70
19POP-PBDEs-contaminated sites 70
19.1Scope and background information 70
19.2Inventory approach for potential POP-PBDE-contaminated sites 71
19.2.1Step 1: Planning the inventory 71
19.2.2Steps 2 and 3: Methods for collecting and compiling data to identify potential POP-PBDEs sites 73
19.2.3Step 4: Managing/evaluating data 74
19.2.4Step 5: Reporting of potential POP-PBDE-contaminated sites. 79
References 80
Annexes 87
Annex 1. List of E-waste inventories from developing countries 87
Annex 2. Questionaire for EEE importers 88
Annex 3. Questionaire for households (EEE) 95
Annex 4. Questionaire for corporate and institutional consumers 101
Annex 5. Questionaire for WEEE recyclers 108
Annex 6. Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether 118
RoHS Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
