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Appreciation

This Case Study was researched and written by Kattya Elizondo and Reyna Úbeda of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) with the support of Luis Felipe Vásquez, a specialist in flow analysis
and socio-economic metabolism; Yency Lagos, a cadastral engineer, and geodesist; and Laura
Reyes, a specialist in waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
The authors would like to thank the contributions and technical support of Eugenio Androvetto,
Ricardo Morales and Olga Segura, representatives of the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica.
They also would like to express their gratitude to Leila Devia (CRBAS) and Luis Roberto Chacón
(PREAL), Members of the Executive Committee for the Integral Management of Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (CEGIRE) of Costa Rica, Carlos Hernández (UNIDO), Viviana Ambrosi
(Vice-Chair of GRCE5-LATAM) and Leandro Navarro (ITU Q7/Study Group 5 Co-Rapporteur) for
their reviews.
Special thanks to the WEEE managers and EEE importers who participated in the project activities
and contributed with the requested information.
The graphical design was done by Melissa Chaves.
The technical coordination for the Case Study was conducted by Reyna Úbeda and supported by
Ana Hernández and Chris Ip from ITU.
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