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The environmental regulation of a product is a global trend. The environmental regulation directives such as RoHS, WEEE, ELV and REACH have impacted Korean export-oriented auto parts manufacturer and affects the export of the product to aboard. In electronics manufacture and auto parts manufacturer, there are different systems for environmental regulation compliance. Nowadays the automotive mechatronics parts in a car are increasing. The HEV and intelligent car will need more mechatronics parts. It is necessary to apply the environmental regulation system of electronics to the automotive parts. In this paper, we proposed the application of PDX standard used in electronic industry to the BOM of the auto parts manufactures and showed an example of generated BOM for selected auto part using PDX. The PDX-based BOM can be used for the recording of environmental substances of the automotive mechatronics part and help the collaboration across auto parts manufactures in accordance with environmental regulation.

These days the international environmental regulations of the developed countries, especially from the EU, are rapidly changed to the regulations of product-based environment from a conventional end-of-pipe environmental technology. Especially the motive in this paper come from the EU's electrical and electronic equipment environment regulation. It may affect much to whole export of Korea Firms Integrated product policy has the potential to increase not only competitive power in today's global market, but also trade compatibility between countries. Furthermore it is important to make a contribution to sustainable development. CEOs must change their notions about firms' environmental policy from the end-of-pipe approach to the sustainable approach to improve company's competitive power. As emphasized a paradigm of naw environmental management by EU' environmental directives, the company must establish clean production system to save resources and reduces pollutant. Also Korean Company constructs a systematical network to collect EU' environmental regulation information which are changing rapidly. Large company will cooperate with small and medium-sized firm for their win-win strategy in the field of environmental management. Also it is necessary to make the domestic regulations of product-based environment to meet the international environmental regulations.

The EU has introduced various environmental protection policies and regulations which are stricter than accepted international standards. WEEE, RoHS, and EuP directives in the Electrical and Electronic Industry could have a direct effect on our exports to EU countries. To gradually enlarge exports to the EU, it is necessary to have a precise understanding of the EU's environmental regulations and prepare the relevant countermeasures to adequately cope with them. Korean companies should formulate concrete plans to meet the EU's environmental regulations in those industry. In order to decrease the negative effects that environmental regulations of EU give to Korea, the corporations and the government should change their present passive environmental policy and carry out the environmental- friendly policy. If Korean companies can adequately meet the standards set by the environmental policies and regulations of the EU, it will greatly enhance the competitiveness of companies in this market

Air pollution problem has been one of the most urgent global environmental problems since UN Framework Convention on Climate Change accepted in Rio Conference, 1992. International environmental regulations of global community to reduce the green house gases have Influenced the domestic environmental policies. Recently, various policy have been made to cope with foreign environment restrction and active supports for development of related technology have been carried out in our government confrontation strategy still leaves much to be desired. In this paper, government confrontation program to climate agreement, counter strategies in motor and also electrics, electronics industries are investigated and discussed.

Air pollution problem has been one of the most urgent global environmental problems since UN Framework Convention on Climate Change accepted in Rio Conference, 1992. International environmental regulations of global community to reduce the green house gases have influenced the domestic environmental policies. International trends of environmental regulation are introduced in this paper.

폐전자제품의 증가로 인해 재활용의 중요성이 대두되었으며, 그 중 폐소형가전제품은 다양한 품목과 구성품으로 인해 재활용이어려운 실정이다. 폐소형가전제품에 함유되어 있는 주요금속은 철, 구리, 알루미늄이며, 그 외에 PCBs, 플라스틱 등 다양한 구성품으로 이루어져 있다. 국내외에서 폐전자제품에 대한 재활용 규제가 시행되고 있지만 폐소형가전제품의 재활용 기술은 그 규제를 따라가지 못하는 실정이다. 폐소형가전제품의 재활용 공정은 아직 제대로 보급화 되지 않았으며, 개발이 된다면 국가 기술경쟁력(자원재활용률 등)이 증가할 뿐만 아니라, 자원비축, 환경문제 해결 및 경제성 확보 등 많은 긍정적 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것이다. 따라서 폐소형가전제품의 재자원화 가치와 국내외 기술현황 분석을 통하여 재활용공정 제언 및 앞으로 나가야할 방향을 살펴보고자한다.

The importance of recycling came to the fore by increasing of waste electrical and electronic equipment(WEEE) generation. Small WEEE recycling in particular represents a big challenge in Korea because it has various items and components. Main materials of small WEEE are typically well known for metals (copper, iron, aluminum, etc.), PCBs and plastics. Not only Korea but also overseas, the laws for small WEEE were in effect in order to recycle effectively, but the technology is not catched up with the regulation which has to recycle an allocated account of WEEE. In addition, recycling technologies and processes for small WEEE are not developed enough to recycling center properly. In that sense, if we develope the recycling process, have not only technology competitiveness but also resource conservation, improving the environment and economic profits. Therefore, through the analysis of economic value of recycled small WEEE, and current technologies both domestically and internationally, we design conceptual recycling process of small WEEE, and consider the way forward.

일반적으로 폐전기전자 제품은 다양한 종류의 플라스틱에 세라믹과 금속성분이 복합적으로 함유되어 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서, 환경적인 보호뿐만 아니라 자원의 재활용의 관점에서 폐전기전자 제품으로부터 금속 성분을 분리해내는 것은 중요하다. 이 논문에서는 폐전기전자 제품으로부터 희유금속 회수 기술에 대하여 1973년부터 2011년까지 공개/등록된 미국, 일본, 유럽, 한국의 특허와 SCI급 논문을 조사하였다. 키워드를 이용하여 조사하였고 필터링 하여 특허와 논문을 수집하여 연도별, 국가별, 기관별, 기술별로 분석하였다. 분석결과, 특허의 경우 초기에는 전처리에 관한 특허가 대부분이었으나 2000년대에 진입하면서 습식과 건식, 건식/습식 혼합 기술 모두 다수의 특허가 출원되고 있으며 논문의 경우 2000년대 중반 이후 금속회수와 전처리 기술 모두 활발한 논문 발표를 보이고 있다.

It is generally well known that waste electric and electronic equipment(WEEE) is a complex mixture of various metals mixed with various types of plastics and ceramics. Accordingly, it is very important to extract metallic components from used WEEE from the point of view of recycling of the used resources as well as an environmental protection. In this paper, open/registered patents of US, JP, EP, and KR and SCI Journal related to rare metal recovery technologies from WEEE between 1973~2011 were reviewed. Patents and papers were collected using key-words searching and filtered by filtering criteria. The trends of the patents and papers were analyzed by the years, countries, companies, and technologies.

폐소형가전의 재활용 공정에서 발생하는 플라스틱류 중 검정색 플라스틱의 경우 재질 선별이 어려워 혼합물의형태로 저급 재활용 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 검정색 플라스틱의 재질별 선별을 위하여 비중선별, 정전선별, 근적외선 선별 및 IR/Raman 분광법 등 기존 선별 기술의 검토를 통하여, 현장 적용에 대한 문제점 및 제한사항을 확인하였다. 검정색 플라스틱의 재질선별에 대한 기술적 한계를 극복하기 위하여 레이저유도붕괴분광법(Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, LIBS)을 이용하여 검정색 플라스틱의 각 재질별 LIBS 스펙트럼을 분석하였으며, 정규화과정을 수행한 후 차원축소 알고리즘인 주성분 분석(Principal Component Analysis, PCA)을 수행하였다. 또한, 검정색 플라스틱의 각 재질별 LIBS 스펙트럼 분석 및 주성분 분석을 통하여 향후 재질별 인식 및 선별 기술의 현장적용을 위해서는 추가적으로 해결해야 할 문제점을 확인하였다. 검정색 플라스틱의 재질별 인식의 정확성 및 선별효율의 향상을 위하여 지능형 알고리즘 분야의 연구를 통하여 효율이 우수한 분류기를 설계하고 분류기의 성능 및신뢰도 향상을 위한 연구가 추가적으로 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

Used small household appliances(small e-waste) consists of a variety of complex materials and components. The small ewaste is mainly composed of plastics and an important potential source of waste plastic. The black plastics, particularly are very difficult to separate by resin type and therefore these are mainly recycled in the form of a mixtures. In the present study, the sorting technologies such as gravity and electro static separation, near-infrared ray(NIR) and IR/Raman optical sorting separation on mixture of black plastics were analyzed and their limitations on sorting process were also investigated. The Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy(LIBS) spectrum of each black plastics was used for identification of black plastics by resin type, and after analyzing the normalization operation, Principal Component Analysis(PCA) was carried out. The spectrum data was optimized through PCA process. In order to improve the identification accuracy and sorting efficiency of black plastics, it is necessary to design a classifier with high efficiency and to improve the performance and reliability of the classifier by applying the field of intelligent algorithms.

각종 전기전자제품의 제조과정 또는 사용 후 해체 과정에서 배출되는 폐전기전자기기(WEEE) 스크랩으로부터 금, 은, 팔라듐등 귀금속과 구리, 주석, 니켈등 유가금속의 회수는 금속 재활용측면뿐만 아니라 환경 유해물질 저감의 측면에서도 매우 중요하다. 일반적으로 WEEE 스크랩은 여러 종류의 금속과 합금뿐만 아니라 내화 산화물과 플라스틱 성분 등으로 구성된 복합물질이다. WEEE 스크랩에 함유된 귀금속과 유가금속은 가스휘발공정, 건식공정 또는 습식공정으로 회수될 수 있다. 그러나 가스휘발공정과 습식공정은 아직 기초연구단계에 머물고 있는 실정으로, 현재 WEEE 스크랩으로부터 금, 은, 팔라듐 및 구리 등을 회수하기위한 상업적인 플랜트의 대부분은 건식공정으로 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 WEEE 스크랩으로부터 귀금속 및 유가금속을 회수하는 건식공정에 대하여 소개하고, 폐동슬래그를 슬래그 형성제로 활용하여 WEEE 스크랩으로부터 귀금속 및 유가금속을 회수하기 위한 규모 확대 실험에 대한 결과를 제시한다.

In terms of resources recycling and resolving waste disposal problems, it is very important to recover precious metals like Au, Ag and Pd and valuable metals like Cu, Sn and Ni from the scraps of waste electrical and electronic equipment(WEEE) that consists of detective electrical and electronic parts discarded during manufacturing electrical and electronic equipments and waste electrical and electronic parts generated during disassembling them. In general, the scraps of WEEE are composed of various metals and alloys as well as refractory oxides and plastic components. Precious and valuable metals from the scraps of WEEE can be recovered by gas-phase-volatilization, hydrometallurgical, or pyrometallurgical processes. However, the gas-phase-volatilization and hydrometallurgical processes have been suggested but not yet commercialized. At the present time, most of the commercial plants for recovering precious and valuable metals from the scraps of WEEE adopt pyrometallurgical processes. Therefore, in this paper, the technical and environmental aspects on the important pyrometallurgical processes through literature survey are reviewed, and the scale-up result of a new pyrometallurgical process for recovering the precious and valuable metals contained in the scraps of WEEE using waste copper slag is presented.

폐기물은 일반적으로는 소각되거나 토양에 매립되는 두 가지 형태의 선택이 있는데 이 두 가지 모두 환경에 이로운 바는 없다. 토양매립의 경우에는 차지하는 공간이 넓은데다가 쓰레기의 토양매립은 이산화탄소와 매탄발생으로 인한 대기오염, 침수로 인한 지하수와 토양오염 등 전면적으로 환경에 영향을 주게 되기 때문이다. 따라서 EU는 폐기물에 대한 정책을 1. 위해물질사용을 사전에 제한함으로써 환경에 미치는 부정적 영향을 사전에 최소화하고 2. 폐기과정 전 단계에서 재사용, 재생, 재활용이 가능하도록 하고 3. 최종적으로는 토양매립금지품목을 선정하여 폐기되는 과정을 관리하여 환경에 미치는 영향을 최소화하며 지속가능한 이용이 가능하도록 하는 접근방식을 취하고 있다. RoHS지침, ELV지침, 배터리지침, 포장재 및 포장폐기물지침에서는 유해 중금속 사용을 제한하고 있으며, WEEE지침, ELV지침, 포장재 및 포장폐기물지침에서는 제품군으로 구분하여 달성해야 하는 재활용률을 제시하고 있고, 폐기물지침, 토량매립지침에서는 폐기물로부터 유해물질을 분리하여 관리하고 처리할 것을 요구하고 있다. 토양매립에서는 매립에 따른 매탄가스발생이 대기오염, 기후변화에 영향을 미친다는 것을 감안하여 2016까지 1996기준 35% 수준으로 매탄가스발생을 줄여야 한다는 의무도 부과함으로써 최종처리단계에서도 환경위해요소를 감안하며 관리하고 있다.

The EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme identifies waste prevention and management as one of four top priorities. Its primary objective is to decouple waste generation from economic activity and better use of resources and encouraging a shift from current material to more sustainable material in products. The European Union's approach to waste management is based on three principles: First, waste prevention by reducing the presence of hazardous and dangerous substances in products. Second, Recycling and reuse. Third, improving final disposal and monitoring. where possible, waste that cannot be recycled or reused should be incinerated or landfilled. 1999 landfill directive is setting strict guidelines for landfill and bans certain types of waste such as liquid wast, flammable waste ,explosive or oxidising waste, hospital and other clinical waste which is infectious, used tyres, with certain exceptions, any other type of waste which does not meet the acceptance criteria laid down in Annex II. RoHS directive, ELV directive, battery directive, packaging directive are containing regulation on the hazardous substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromiu, and flameretardants such as polybrominated biphenyls(PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers(PBDE) aiming at reducing those substances and finally prohibiting it. WEEE directive, ELV directive, packaging directive are setting mandatory collection targets for electrical and electronic equipment, cars, all kinds of packaging aiming at preventing wasteful waste of resources. The last resort for waste is landfill or incineration. EU is focusing on the protection of environment in this stage of management. The main environmental threat from biowaste is the production of methane in landfills and for this matter, landfill directive obliges Member States to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste that they landfill to 35% of 1995 levels by 2016, which will significantly reduce the problem.

Das Gesetz über das Inverkehrbringen, die Rücknahme und die umweltverträgliche Entsorgung von Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten (Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz - ElektroG) von 16.3.2005 trat in weiten Teilen am 13.8.2005 in Kraft. Das Gesetz setzt die Richtlinie 2002/96/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27.1.2003 über Elektro- und Elektronikaltgeräte(sog. WEEE-Richtlinie) und Die Richtlinie 2002/95/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27.1.2003 zur Beschränkung der Verwendung bestimmter gefährlicher SToffe in Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten (sog. RoHS-Richtlinie) um. Die Hersteller waren gem. §6 I ElektroG verpflichtet, innerhalb von drei Monaten nach IN-Kraft-Treten des Gesetzes eine Gemeinsame Stelle nach §14 ElektroG einzurichten. Aus der bereits 2003 gegrändeten Projektgeseschaft ist nunmehr die Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register(EAR) hervorgegangen, der mit Beleihungsbescheide des Umweltbundesamts vom 6. 7. 2005 verschiedene Befugnisse übertragen wurden. Nach §3 I ElektroG sind Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte im Sinne des Gesetzes Geräte, die zu ihrem ordnungsgemäßen Betrieb elektrische Ströme oder elektromagnetische Felder benötigen sowie Geräte zur Erzeugung, Übertragung und Messung solcher Ströme und Felder. Der Begriff des Herstellers wird in §3 XI ElektroG definiert. Der gesetzliche Herstellerbegriff an die Markte eines Produkts und nicht an die Firma des Produzenten an. Hersteller von Elektro- und Elektronikgeräten haben sich bis spätestens 23. 11. 2005 bei der EAR registrieren zu lassen. Das Registrierungsverfahren wird online [ber eine 멸 der Website der EAR bereitgestellte Software abgewickelt. Zur Gewährleistung dieser Zuordnung sieht §7 ElektroG eine Kennzeichnungspflicht für Elektro- und Elektronikgerät vor, die nach dem 13. 8. 2005 in einem Mitgiedstaat der EU erstmals in Verkehr gebracht werden. Hersteller von Geräten, die in privaten Haushalten verwendet werden können, haben mit dem Antrag auf Registrierung eine insolvenzsicher Garantie für die Finanzierung der späteren Rücknahme und Verwertung von Altgeräten vorzulegen. Hersteller haben den öffentlich-rechtlichen Entsorgungsträgern Behälter zur Sammlung von Altgeräten bereitzustellen. Die Behälter müssen den näheren Spezifikationen des §9 V ElektroG entsprechen. Sie sind von den Herstellern nach Maßgabe einer Anordnung der EAR gem. §16 V ElektroG abzuholen. Ab dem 1. 7. 2006 dürfen keine Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte mehr in Verkehr gebracht werden, die mehr als 0,1 Gewichtsprozent Blei, Quecksilber, sechswertiges Chrom, polzbromiertes Biphenyl(PBB) oder polybromierten Diphenylether(PBDE) je homogenem WErkstoff oder mehr als 0,01 Gewichtsproyent Cadmium je homogem Werkstoff enthalten. Zur Gewährleistung der Entsorgungspflichten der Hersteller bestehen gem. §13 ElektroG weit reichende Mitteilungs- und Informationspflichten.

본 연구는 유럽연합(EU)과 한국의 폐전기･전자제품의 재활용정책을 비교･분석하는데 목적이 있으며, EU의 폐전기･전자제품 지침과 한국 환경성보장제의 내용을 검토하여 비교기준을설정하였다. 비교기준에는 유해물질의 관리, 친환경설계와 전기･전자제품의 재질 및 구조개선에관한 사항, 생산자의 책임재활용, 재활용 목표 등이 포함된다. 비교분석을 통하여 한국의 시스템이 EU의 시스템과 매우 유사하다는 것을 알 수 있었으나, 폐전기･전자제품의 회수, 생산자 책임,전기･전자제품의 환경영향 평가 등 많은 분야에서 EU의 시스템이 보다 종합적이고, 선진화되어있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 이러한 비교분석을 바탕으로 한국에서 발생하는 폐전기･전자제품의 선진화된 관리와 재활용을 위한 정책과 제도 개선방안을 제안하고 있다.

The purpose of this paper is to compare and analyze the waste electrical andelectronic equipment (WEEE) recycling policies of the European Union (EU) and the Republicof Korea. In this study, we set the standard for comparison by comparing the contents of theEU directives on WEEE and the eco-assurance system of Korea. The management of toxicsubstances, eco-design and the improvement of the materials and structures of electrical andelectronic equipment (EEE), as well as producers’ responsibilities for recycling and recyclingtargets are included in the standards. Through comparative analysis, we found that the corecontents of the two systems show much resemblance as the Korean system was developedand introduced based on the EU system. However, it is shown that the EU system is morecomprehensive and advanced in many areas such as the collection of WEEE, producers’responsibilities, and life cycle assessment on environmental impacts of EEE. This paperprovides suggestions for Korean recycling policies and systems for improved managementand recycling of WEEE.

본 연구는 EU 배터리 규정의 생산자 책임제도 아래 전자폐기물 운송의 중요성을 지적하고 전자폐기물을취급하는 수출입 물류기업의 물류 인프라 수준이 전자폐기물 운송 참여 의도에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자설문연구를 시행하였다. 설문 대상은 한국무역협회, 한국통합물류협회, 등의 회원사 리스트를 바탕으로판단표본기업에 대하여 설문을 배포하였다. 설문은 약 4개월간 1,200부를 배포하여 192부를 수집하고실증분석에 활용하였으며, 구조방정식을 시행하고 연구 결과를 도출하였다. 첫째, 특수보관 시스템과모빌리티 솔루션은 운송 참여 의도를 높이는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 사용 후 배터리 운송에 관한 인지된위험이 클수록 물류 인프라 수준이 운송 참여 의도를 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

Due to the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the United States and the EU’s battery regulations, securing rare resources from electronic waste such as electric vehicles and batteries has become a critical aspect of strategic industries. Against this backdrop, this study highlights the importance of electronic waste transportation under the producer responsibility system and seeks to identify the level of logistics infrastructure of logistics companies to understand their intention to participate in electronic waste transportation. To achieve the research objectives, this study developed survey questions through a review of prior research, expert interviews, and preliminary investigations. Approximately 1,200 questionnaires were distributed about four months, and 192 responses were collected and used for empirical analysis. The hypotheses were tested using PLS-SEM. First, specialized storage systems and mobility solutions had a significant positive relationship with the intention to participate in transportation. Second, perceived risk moderated the relationship between the level of logistics infrastructure and the intention to participate in transportation.

폐 전기, 전자제품 내에는 다양한 금속이 포함되어 있으며, 구리, 알루미늄 및 금 등은 회수되어 재이용될 경우 자원을 절약하고 경제성을 확보할 수 있지만, 납과 수은과 같은 유해물질은 자연계에 방치되거나 매립될 경우 용출되어 자연환경과 생태계에 악영향을 미칠 수 있다. 우리나라는 광물자원의 95% 이상을 수입에 의존하고 있으나, 폐금속자원 재활용기술수준의 경우 선진국의 50~70% 수준, 폐가전제품 등에서의 유가금속 재활용률은 15~35%로 매우 저조하다. 폐금속 자원의 효율적인 재활용을 위해서는 자원의발생량 및 재활용량이 정확히 집계되고, 재료구성 및 회수 가능성 등에 정보가 공개되어야 한다. 이를 위해서 관련 통계 구축되어야 하며, 그 흐름이 통계적으로 예측되어야 한다. 그러나 현재 적절한 통계자료가 존재하지 않는다. 본 연구에서는 통계기반 마련을 위한 폐 전기, 전자제품의 발생량을 추정하기 위해 누적확률함수와 수명분포 함수를 이용하였다. 그 결과 EcoAS에서 관리하는 총 27종의 폐 전기, 전자제품은 2019년 631,432톤에서 2023년 745,014톤으로 꾸준히 증가할 것으로 나타났으며, 이를 통해 회수 가능할 것으로 기대되는폐금속 자원의 양은 2019년 243,569톤에서 2023년 284,774톤으로 증가할 것으로 나타났다. 국제적 기준에 부합하는 신뢰도 높은 통계를 작성하기 위해서는 와이블분포를 이용한 수명분포함수를 통해 발생량을 추정하는 것이 타당하나 현재 국내에서 확보할 수 있는 데이터의 한계로 인해 해당 방법을 적용하기 어렵다. 이에 따라 통계작성에 필요한 출고량 및 수명 데이터의 확보가 필요하며, 제조사를 통한 제품별 유가금속(귀금속 및 희유금속 등)의 함량비 데이터를 확보할 수 있는 제도적 규정 마련이 필요하다. 또한, 관리되지 않고 있는 고물상 등의 민간 영역에 대한 관리체계를 정비하여 통계에서 발생할 수 있는 오류 및 관리체계에서 발생할 수 있는 문제점을 최소화해야 할 것이다.

Waste electrical and electronic products contain various metals, and when copper, aluminum, and gold are recovered and reused, resources can be saved and economy can be ensured. Hazardous substances such as lead mercury are eluted when left in the natural environment or landfilled and can adversely affect the ecosystem. Japan relies on imports for over 95percent of its mineral resources, but in the case of the recycling technology level for urban mining metal resources , it is 50?70 percent in developed countries, while the recycling rate of valuable metals such as waste home appliances is 15%, which is much lower?by at least 35 percent . For efficient recycling of pulmonary metal resources, the amount of resources generated and the amount of recycling must be accurately tabulated, and information such as material composition and recoverability must be made public. To that end, it is necessary to produce related statistics, and the flow of metal resources should be statistically predicted. At this point, however, it is not possible to obtain proper statistics. In this study, cumulative probability function and life distribution function were used to estimate the amount of waste electrical and electronic products generated for the preparation of a statistics base. As a result, all twenty-seventypes of waste electrical and electronic products managed by EcoAS (Eco-Assurance System of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles) in South Korea are expected to increase steadily from 631,432tons in 2019 to 745,014 tons in 2023, which is expected to be recoverable. The amount of metal resources was predicted to increase from 243,569tons in 2019 to 284,774tons in 2023. To create reliable statistics that meet international standards, it is appropriate to estimate the amount of generation using the life distribution function via Weibull distribution or to limit the data currently available in Japan. Therefore, it is difficult to apply this method. As a result, it is necessary to secure the shipment amount and life data necessary for the creation of statistics and to create institutional rules that can ensure the content ratio data of valuable metals by product (noble metals, rare metals, etc.) through manufacturers. In addition, a management system for private areas such as unmanaged antiquarian merchants should be maintained to minimize errors that may occur in statistics and problems that may occur in the management system.