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4 Recommendation ITU-T L 1032 implementation 65

4.1 Costa Rican legislation and Recommendation ITU-T L. 1032 ................................... 66

4.2 Evaluation of the results of the survey for managers on aspects related to
Recommendation ITU-T L.1032 ........................................................................................... 68
4.3 Focus Group to analyse the situation of the managers ............................................. 70

5 WEEE management system: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned 75

5.1 Challenges faced by Costa Rica to strengthen the National System for
E-waste Management (SINAGIRE) ....................................................................................... 75
5.2 Improvement opportunities for SINAGIRE in Costa Rica .......................................... 76

5.3 Lessons learned: recommendations to countries to develop a WEEE
sustainable management system ......................................................................................... 78

5.4 Suggestions to ITU ......................................................................................................... 81

6 Conclusions 82

Annex 1: Survey for importers 84

Annex 2: Survey for managers 96

Annex 3: Checklist proposal 126

Annex 4: Focal Group Questionnaires 132
Bibliography 138

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