1. Automatic Identification and Data Capture e-Waste Applications
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Automatic Identification and Data Capture e-Waste Applications
Chuck Evanhoe
Chairman, Board of Directors, AIM, Inc. &
Chair of ADC1, US Technical Advisors Group for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 31 – Bar Code and RFID Standards
January 12, 2015
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Who is AIM?
AIM is the global Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility
We are the leading international industry association and authority for automatic identification & data capture (AIDC) innovation and technologies, serving members worldwide as a trusted resource for 40+ years!
Over 700 member companies around the globe
AIM is truly a global effort to promote automatic identification, data collection and mobile solutions for all stakeholders
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3. What does AIM do? Connecting the global AIDC community by:
Leading standards development
Education and advocacy
Pursuing business process improvements for ALL verticals
Facilitating a collective voice on regulatory and policy issues worldwide
Strengthening the AIDC industry
Providing a community & platform to foster emerging technologies and innovation

4. What does AIM do?
AIM hosts multiple committees and activities to further effect AIDC adoption
RAIN – the passive UHF RFID alliance
RFID Experts Group (REG)
Healthcare Committee
Internet of Things (IoT) Committee
Liaison to ISO/IEC JTC 1 committees
SC 31 – Bar Code and RFID
WG 10 – Internet of Things (IoT)

5. Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) What is it?
AIDC uses Automatic Identification Technologies to:
Reduce human error in inventory control
Reduce manpower hours spent in data entry
Create capabilities to identify items and histories (e.g., source, usage, and maintenance)
Enable specific item and material tracking throughout supply chain and operational use worldwide

6. Types of AIDC Bar codes, both linear (1-D) and two dimensional (2-D)
Biometrics
Magnetic Stripe
Optical Character Recognition
Smart Cards
RFID
Passive
Active
Real-time locating systems (RTLS)
Voice, Touch, etc.

7. Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technology Examples
Contact Memory Buttons
Passive RFID Tags
1-D Barcode
2-D Barcodes
QR Code
MaxiCode
Data Matrix
Active RFID Tags
PDF417
Bullseye
Aztec

8. What has AIM and the AIDC Industry done about e-waste?
Created an international Implementation Guideline:
ISO/IEC TR :2008: Information technology—Radio frequency identification for item management—Implementation guidelines— Part 2: Recycling and RFID tags
Scope:
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is positioned to serve as a significant enabler in the recycling of various types of products; notably home appliances and electronics
At the same time various recycling streams are challenged by the possibility of RF tags being attached to recycled material, notably glass and steel

9. ISO/IEC TR 24729-2:2008 Using RFID tagging to improve the environment
To comply with the regulations/laws, thought leaders have identified RFID tagging as a technology to execute the requirements for tracking waste in the most efficient fashion.

10. ISO/IEC TR 24729-2:2008 Using RFID tagging to improve the environment
Tracking waste with RFID
Emerging as law or regulation throughout the world are a variety of initiatives to track an item for its life and assign responsibility for its End of Life handling. Initiatives include:
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive in the European Union (WEEE)
End of Life Vehicle (ELV) in the European Union
Home Electronics Recycling Law (HERL) in Japan
Extended Producer Responsibility Program (EPRP) in Korea
All these regulations/laws require knowing precisely which recycle stream an item should enter and which entity should bear the cost of end of life or recycling.

11. ISO/IEC TR 24729-2:2008 Using RFID tagging to improve the environment
Use of RFID to improve waste stream recycling
RFID tagging aids in identifying the appropriate recycle stream for the container or item to which the RFID tag is adhered.
This is especially true of containers/items that have been disposed of by consumers.
The greatest problem is co-mingled consumer streams where separating corrugate, newsprint, magazines, various types of plastic, steel, and aluminum (Al) is either done manually or with expensive sensors.

12. ISO/IEC TR 24729-2:2008 Using RFID tagging to improve the environment
Recycle process automation
It is assumed that recyclers will install automated processes that will singulate the recycled containers so they may be reliably identified with the RFID tags.
Once identified the container to be recycled will be routed to the correct recycle stream where the RFID tag and container will be handled as described by the trade association guidelines

13. How should we apply AIDC to e-waste?
Integrated
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AIDC

14. How should we apply AIDC
to e-waste?
The key stakeholders should consider a pilot project like a PC recycling effort:
Start small
Choose a closed system to start, i.e. an existing process that does not have outside influences
Perhaps as simple as using AIDC, bar codes and/or RFID, to track containers in a facility
Progress to associating items in the container to the container, i.e. parent-child relationships
Move the tracking process up and down stream.
Up stream to implement RFID and/or barcodes in or on the items to facilitate e-waste recycling as envisioned in the ISO Implementation Guidelines
Down stream in the recycling process to enable autonomous sortation of items

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16. Contact Us AIM, Inc. Chuck Evanhoe
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Chuck Evanhoe
Chairman, AIM, Inc. Board of Directors
President, Evanhoe & Associates, Inc.
AIM, Inc.
20399 Route 19
Suite 203
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.