Page 7 - Management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Latin America Current situation and outlook

Abbreviations and acronyms

ADAME French Agency for Ecological Transition (French acronym)
BFR Brominated flame retardants

CONATEL National Telecommunications Commission of Paraguay
COP Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

CU Compliance unit (Costa Rica)
DCTO Decree (Argentina)

DM Ministerial Guideline (Costa Rica)
EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment

EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
EU European Union

GEF Global Environment Facility

INDOTEL Dominican Telecommunications Institute
ITU International Telecommunication Union
MAATE Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition of Ecuador

MADES Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Paraguay

MARENA Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Nicaragua
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic

MARN Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador
MINAM Ministry of Environment of Peru
MINSAL Ministry of Health of Chile

MOOC Massive open online courses

NTON Mandatory Nicaraguan Technical Standard
PGI Integral Waste Management Programme in Ecuador

POP Persistent organic pollutant
POM Put on the market

PREAL E-Waste Project in Latin America
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNU United Nations University

WEEE Waste electrical and electronic equipment

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