Biblio:Practical Experiences with the Basel Convention: Challenges, Good Practice and Ways to Improve Transboundary Movements of E-Waste in Low and Middle Income countries

Practical Experiences with the Basel Convention: Challenges, Good Practice and Ways to Improve Transboundary Movements of E-Waste in Low and Middle Income countries

Discussion Paper
report Mar 2021 ; 30 pages english

Ed. Prevent Waste Alliance - StEP - Vienne
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Abstract:
This paper aims to gather practical experiences with the export of waste electrical and electronic equipment and fractions thereof (herein referred to as e-waste) from low and middle income countries to environmentally sound management (ESM) facilities abroad according to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) notification procedures of the Basel Convention. Contents:
1 Introduction p.6
Objectives and scope p.8
2 Background: E-Waste Management and the Prior Informed Consent Procedure p.9
3 Experiences with the PIC notifications procedure
in practice in low and middle income countries p.11
4 Towards better implementation of the PIC process p.20
5 Conclusions and next steps p.27
6 Annex p.28

Keyword:

e-waste - electrical and electronical waste WEEE (CI) (DT) (ET)

Publishers/Broadcasters:

Prevent Waste Alliance - - Germany

StEP - The Solving the E-waste Problem - Vienne - Austria

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