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Implementation of the ITU-T International Standards for the Sustainable Management of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment: On the road to a circular economy in Argentina

Among the opportunities identified was the need to strengthen WEEE management capacity
through the establishment of specific inventories and databases to provide benchmarks to
identify management gaps and other key statistics. Also, to advance in the development of
models and regulations for EPR schemes.

From 2023 and the approval of Decree 779, the opportunity and challenge of developing
specific programmes for WEEE arises, as well as the establishment of incentives to promote
the systematic integration of environmental issues in the design of goods and products (eco-
design).

In addition, it would be appropriate to work with INDEC to carry out sectorial censuses to obtain
data for a period lower than 10 years, the period to carry out a general census in Argentina.

4.2 Lessons learned: Recommendations for countries to develop a
sustainable WEEE management system.

The most relevant contributions to progress in the development of a management plan in the
framework of the project are the following:
• Methodologies identified to provide the basis for the development of a national WEEE
inventory.
• As a result of the project, it will be possible to make progress in reducing waste and setting
specific targets.
• Making progress in the country circularity model requires a strategic path defined by the
government that should align all players, public and private, to consider the importance
of data generation for reporting, and its publication to make progress in the framework
of the 2030 global targets.
• The promotion of the circularity model for EEE must go hand in hand with the development
of the business management model and the information on the different players in the
value chain.
• Public policy needs to look not only at formal players but also at the contributions that
informal players make to the system and drive their formalization.
• Identify the services in the value chain that are outside the business model and lead to
system leakages.

On the other hand, difficulties have been overcome that will be lessons for future projects such
as:
• Time delays in project implementation due to health crises, government changes, and
restructuring of States or change of project coordinators.
• Bureaucratic delays in administrative processes.
• Difficulties in conducting more detailed research due to the identification of relevant
players that should develop adequate information.
• The implementation of Step 1 of the Recommendation led to the conclusion that the
necessary information to be able to move forward in the following next steps is not
available.
• It is highlighted that these information gaps are relevant for the development of this type
of international guidelines, therefore the gaps should be tackled before implementing
the guidelines.

The information produced will allow to development of public policies, strengthen national
legislation, set recovery targets, and evaluate the national system.

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