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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 29 - Main obstacles to developing WEEE management according to the
surveyed WEEE manager

Figure 30 reflects that public-private partnerships and incentives are considered the most
important actions to facilitate WEEE management, followed by environmental awards.

Figure 30 - Actions that can be implemented to facilitate WEEE management
according to surveyed managers

Managers are the main actors in the value chain for WEEE recovering, sustainable management,
and the relationship with the circular economy through activities such as repairing, recovering
components for spare parts, refurbishing, and developing secondary markets. Based on the
survey’s results, it can also be concluded that managers should be trained on technical and
national regulatory issues. By the same token, regular campaigns, which can be carried out
through public-private partnerships, are an opportunity to strengthen WEEE collection. There
is a clear need to raise end-consumer awareness, something consistent with their role in WEEE
sustainable management.
The outcomes to the question in Section 4 of the survey are presented in section 4.2, “Evaluation
of the results of the survey for managers on aspects related to Recommendation ITU-T L.1032”.
The information obtained from Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the survey was used to design material

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