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Recommendations to incorporate Circular Economic/Closed Loop principles in e-waste legislative and financing systems

The circular economy, as defined by United Nations Environment Programme (2006), is An economy which balances economic development with environmental and resources protection. It puts emphasis on the most efficient use and recycling of resources, and environmental protection. A Circular Economy features low consumption of energy, low emission of pollutants…

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Voluntary WEEE recycling project: case in Kenya

The following section describes voluntary (CSR based) WEEE recycling project, which engage local actors from the field of WEEE recycling and local and international sponsors. Location:Nairobi, Kenya Activities:Collection, manual dismantling, automated processing Full-time staff:8 Years in e-waste:5 E-waste collected: 426 tonnes (5 years) Funding partners: WorldLoop, Close the Gap, Safaricom,…

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Legal recommendation on WEEE data collection, registry and traceability

WEEE and EEE traceability is a crucial condition for setting a sound e-waste management system. It allows not only to monitor the compliance of the stakeholders involved in the e-waste system both on national scale and from abroad, but also – from a legislative and financial perspective – to set…

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Legal recommendation on health and safety regulations regarding WEEE recycling

In the context of WEEE recycling, health and safety issue should be approached from three aspects: General occupational health and safety regulations, which is applicable in all industrial sites Dismantling and treatment of WEEE Regulations on substances in EEE   WEEE - waste electrical and electronic equipment: electrical or electronic…

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WEEE EPR law implementation: case in Italy

In Italy, the EU Directive 2012/19/UE regarding electric and electronic equipment waste (WEEE) was adopted on 14th March 2014 with Legal Decree n.49 (further Legal Decree n.49). This establish roles and responsibilities for all key stakeholders in the WEEE recycling. The law has two main objectives: Prevent or reduce the negative…

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WEEE recycling system financing: case in EU

The reimbursed compliance scheme According to the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) principle, producers finance the e-waste supply chain, but this is not always the case, since the EPR mechanism is often implemented via a series of reimbursement schemes and co-contributions from other stakeholders, which do reduce the overall costs borne…

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Recommendation on voluntary WEEE recycling program financing solution

Since the development of national WEEE recycling legal frame will take as minimum 5-10 years, voluntary WEEE recycling projects with government oversight should be encouraged and introduced. A motivational mechanism for producers and importers of EEE to engage into such projects should be developed. Many projects with engagement of importers…

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Recommendation how to upgrade informal sector activities regarding EEE re-use and WEEE recycling

The informal sector is one of the most important stakeholders in the EEE reuse and WEEE recycling system in developing countries. Waste pickers and traders are active both in visiting households to buy EEE for further refurbishment or WEEE for selling to recyclers; also waste sorting takes place in landfills.…

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Recommendation on the WEEE legislation lobbying program development

In the context of WEEE recycling, lobbying is the act of attempting to influence business and government leaders with legal means to initiate suitable policy or legislation development (or revision) process on a national level. The key activity of lobbying is providing accurate, relevant and complete information to stakeholders to…

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