Implementation of ITU-T international standards for sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment: The path to a circular economy in Costa Rica
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Introduction
1 WEEE Sustainable Management and Circular Economy - ITU-T Recommendations
     1.1 Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 “Guideline on implementing the e-waste reduction target of the Connect 2030 Agenda”
     1.2 Recommendation ITU-T L.1032 “Guidelines and certification schemes for e-waste recyclers”
2 WEEE’s sustainable management in Costa Rica: the path to a circular economy
     2.1 Demographic and economic characteristics
     2.2 Costa Rican WEEE regulatory framework
     2.3 Current situation on the WEEE sustainable management
     2.4 Opportunities identified for the implementation of Recommendations ITU‑T L.1031 and ITU-T L.1032
3 Implementation of Recommendation ITU-T L.1031: Case of Costa Rica
     3.1 Analysis of existing information
     3.2 Scope of Costa Rica’s WEEE inventory
     3.3 Methodology for WEEE estimation
     3.4 Actors and shareholders in the WEEE sustainable management in Costa Rica
     3.5 Data collection: surveys of EEE importers and WEEE managers
     3.6 Evaluation of the material flows in Costa Rica
4 Recommendation ITU-T L.1032 implementation
     4.1 Costa Rican legislation and Recommendation ITU-T L. 1032
     4.2 Evaluation of the results of the survey for managers on aspects related to Recommendation ITU-T L.1032
     4.3 Focus Group to analyse the situation of the managers
5 WEEE management system: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned
     5.1 Challenges faced by Costa Rica to strengthen the National System for E-waste Management (SINAGIRE)
     5.2 Improvement opportunities for SINAGIRE in Costa Rica
     5.3 Lessons learned: recommendations to countries to develop a WEEE sustainable management system
     5.4 Suggestions to ITU
6 Conclusions
Annex 1: Survey for importers
Annex 2: Survey for managers
Annex 3: Checklist proposal
Annex 4: Focal Group Questionnaires
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