Propose recommendations for action and a roadmap for the Circular Economy for the electronics sector in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
  • Rational concern chemical management since the raw material acquisition, manufacturing, distribution, product use, and disposal.
  • On-line consultation with stakeholders (Industry, suppliers, managers, government) on (Quantities, labels, extended responsibility), restricted substances list)
  • Existing capabilities, focuses, and initiatives in the electronics sector in the LAC region
  • Tools and guidelines for concern chemical management in construction, electronics, and toys
 

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Explore product life extension possibilities, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishment, reconditioning and recycling. Provide recommendations on product design, business models, consumption behavior, end-of-life, etc.

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Bettina Heller
I am coordinating UNEP’s work on eco-innovation and circularity in different sectors. Through this work I aim to help governments and businesses to identify key strategic actions and implement those – be it through integrated policy frameworks or through novel business strategies. A ground rule for the circular practices I promote through my work is that they should be implementing sound management of chemicals, and pay particular attention to chemicals of concerns, with the objective to reach a non-toxic, circular model. The end goal is that companies are able to offer more sustainable, non-toxic products and services to consumers –
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Anibal Maury

Thanks to my international and national education and professional experience, I have acquired a high level of competence on teaching, researching, and transferring knowledge towards the sustainable construction.

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Gonzalo Alberto Forero Buitrago

By knowing statistics, it is feasible to develop an efficient management strategy to achieve the circular economy of e-waste, and therefore it is extremely important to work on the formalization of the value chain in order to know the statistics a

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Report

Regional Electronics Study and Circularity Roadmap in the LAC Region: Mapping of Existing Initiatives

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SAICM Universidad El Bosque
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September 2021
Technological development has made electrical and electronic equipment (EEE1) essential parts of contemporary life and indispensable products in today’s societies. Information technology (IT) combined with the technological advances in recent decades, has resulted in EEE having a great influence on the daily life of consumers in aspects such as health, safety, knowledge, comfort information, among others. The global consumption of electronics is growing 2.5 million metric tons per year (Forti, Baldé, Kuehr, & Bel, 2020), because technology increases the living
Emerging Policy Issues: Hazardous chemicals in electronics
Topics: Circularity for electronics in Latin America and the Caribbean Chemicals in electronics
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Mapping of Stakeholders for the Regional Electronics Study and Circularity Roadmap in the Latin America and The Caribbean

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UNEP Universidad El Bosque
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July 2021
This document has been developed within the framework of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project ID: 9771 on Global Best Practices on Emerging Chemical Policy Issues of Concern under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). This project is funded by the GEF, implemented by UNEP and executed by the SAICM Secretariat.Under the project, UNEP is partnering with Universidad El Bosque to develop a Regional Electronics Study and Circularity Roadmap in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region
Emerging Policy Issues: Hazardous chemicals in electronics Chemicals in products
Topics: Circularity for electronics in Latin America and the Caribbean Chemicals in electronics