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Implementation of ITU-T international standards for sustainable management of waste
electrical and electronic equipment: The path to a circular economy in Costa Rica

Figure 2 - The 6-steps of developing Definition of the scope:
WEEE inventory based on the Basel
Convention Among the factors to be considered within
the scope, it is important to delimit the
geographical area covered by the inventory
and the categories of equipment to be included
in the inventory. It is complex to work with the
entire universe of electrical and electronic
equipment (EEE) circulating in a country or
region. To this end, experts recommend
selecting the most relevant categories of EEE,
which are called tracers. In section 3.2.2 EEE:
definition of tracers the concept of tracer and
their selection for the case of Costa Rica are
explained in detail.

The methodology used for estimating the quantity of WEEE:

Two methodologies can be used to estimate the quantity of WEEE, market supply methodology
and consumption-based methodology. These methodologies are explained in detail in
Section 3.3 Methodology for WEEE estimation.
Figure 3 shows the scope of Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 implementation in Costa Rica.

Figure 3 – Scope of the implementation of Recommendation ITU-T L 1031 in Costa
Rica

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