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Table of contents

Appreciation ii

Disclaimer ii

Intellectual property ii

Forewords iii

List of figures and tables ix

Abbreviations and acronyms xiii

Glossary xiv

Project-related organizations xvi

Executive Summary xviii

Introduction 1

1 WEEE Sustainable Management and Circular Economy - ITU-T
Recommendations 5

1.1 Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 “Guideline on implementing the
e-waste reduction target of the Connect 2030 Agenda” .................................................. 5

1.2 Recommendation ITU-T L.1032 “Guidelines and certification schemes
for e-waste recyclers” ............................................................................................................ 7

2 WEEE’s sustainable management in Costa Rica: the path to a circular economy 7

2.1 Demographic and economic characteristics .............................................................. 7

2.2 Costa Rican WEEE regulatory framework ................................................................... 8
2.3 Current situation on the WEEE sustainable management ...................................... 11

2.4 Opportunities identified for the implementation of Recommendations
ITU-T L.1031 and ITU-T L.1032 ........................................................................................... 12

3 Implementation of Recommendation ITU-T L 1031: Case of Costa Rica 13

3.1 Analysis of existing information .................................................................................. 14

3.2 Scope of Costa Rica’s WEEE inventory ..................................................................... 15
3.3 Methodology for WEEE estimation ............................................................................ 19

3.4 Actors and shareholders in the WEEE sustainable management in
Costa Rica.............................................................................................................................. 21

3.5 Data collection: surveys of EEE importers and WEEE managers ........................... 25
3.6 Evaluation of the material flows in Costa Rica .......................................................... 36

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