Data: Closed Loop Considerations
In addition to developing a waste data management system, a resource/fraction data management system should also be taken into consideration. This entails further detailed data collection on volumes and flows of components and fractions as part of the secondary use markets and resource markets. The aforementioned recommendations still apply. Data…
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a) Hazardous Components & Substances As the collection and proper treatment of hazardous e-waste falls under any closed loop solution, policy makers should also recognize that financing is necessary to provide such services. The treatment of hazardous e-waste is a highly specialist industry that requires very high levels of environmental…
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Informal Sector Collection a) Encourage individual pickers to organize themselves in collective entities If e-waste management is carried out by a heterogeneous array of informal waste pickers highly non-organized, recommendations are in the direction of ensuring a better organization amongst them. 1) Start cooperatives Grouping the informal workers into cooperatives…
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Informal Sector Collection a) Upgrade the informal sector When e-waste management is carried out by the informal sector, recommendations are in the direction of ‘upgrading’ the informal sector. This means ensuring three arrays of factors are addressed: 1) Health and environmental issues It’s crucial that actors working in e-waste management…
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Developing Collection Facilities a) Encourage the development of a separate collection system If there is not a system for the separate collection of waste, recommendations go for a step-by-step approach to set a system of waste management, as follows: The first step is ensuring institutions are aware of the urgency…
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Existing Collection Facilities a) Develop and improve the system of e-waste collection facilities To set an effective system of e-waste collection facilities, the following factors have to be taken into consideration: E-Waste collection sites should ensure e-waste is collected separately: they should be thus supervised and or protected in order…
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Informal Sector Collection a) Encourage individual pickers to organize themselves in collective entities If e-waste management is carried out by a heterogeneous array of informal waste pickers highly non-organized, recommendations are in the direction of ensuring a better organization amongst them. 1) Start cooperatives Grouping the informal workers into cooperatives…
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NGO Collection a) Foster synergies amongst the stakeholders of the e-waste management supply chain In the context of WEEE management, the following stakeholders should be considered: Producers and importers; trade (individual organizations and associations) Dismantling companies and recyclers (individual organizations and associations) Municipalities Informal sector Waste management companies (individual organizations and…
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Retailer / Refurbisher Collection a) Develop/improve the system of e-waste collection facilities To set an effective system of e-waste collection facilities, the following factors have to be taken into consideration: E-Waste collection sites should ensure e-waste is collected separately: they should be thus supervised and or protected in order to…
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Municipal Collection a) Provide training to strengthen the role of retailers and refurbishers in e-waste management The following approaches could be used to provide training to increase the skills of dismantling and refurbishment operators. In general, training should be hands-on, accessible to workers with low education, providing practical and visual advice.…
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