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7. Supports the application of a worldwide collection rate for EEEs that is at least 20%
higher than last year;

8. Encourages the establishment of a label with the aim of rewarding companies and
which would be put in place only for companies which meet certain criteria such as,
but not limited to, a decrease in the amount of WEEE produced over the years, as well

as products made from materials previously used, in order to:
a. Show customers that the company is striving to produce less waste, or to
manage it better,

b. Push service and technology companies to reduce their waste;

9. Proposes to set up a communication campaign about WEEE and its consequences, by
creating a Doodle dedicated to this campaign and accumulating documentation on

the subject in order to:
a. Raise awareness on a subject that is not well known to all, with supporting
documents,

b. Provide information on the ways of recycling WEEE, the collection points and
their location,
c. Encourage more rational consumption of electrical and electronic equipment;

10. Proposes the creation of an e-waste management market along the lines of the carbon
market proposed at COP 25 which would:
a. Be in line with the guidelines of multilateral organizations,

b. Provide a new economic objective that would encourage the proper
management of e-waste,
c. Penalise the mismanagement of this waste;

11. Invites States to introduce a tax on electrical and electronic equipment which will cover
the costs of treatment, recovery and disposal of its equipment once it has become

waste, with the aim of encouraging the recycling of such waste in a system of collective
responsibility; this tax would be monitored by an NGO to avoid any overflow from the
State;

12. Commits to cleaning up countries that are victims of intensive pollution;

13. Proposes the increase of financial sanctions for illegal exports of EADs, through fines and

taxes, in order to preserve our planet and to dissuade developing countries from
exporting their EADs.

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