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Transforming WEEE Crisis into Opportunity in Central America

Exploring the potential in electronic waste management, this roundtable discusses turning WEEE challenges into sustainable ventures. With the support of global networks, governmental partnerships, and strategic alliances, the focus shifts from crisis to opportunity in Central America. The workshop aims to formulate a comprehensive WEEE strategy through public-private collaboration. By leveraging expertise from international organizations and industry leaders, the initiative paves the way for responsible e-waste management, promoting environmental well-being and economic growth in the region.

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Transforming WEEE Crisis into Opportunity in Central America

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  1. Public Roundtable Building Sustainable Cities and Communities in the Americas: Moving from Demonstration Projects to Scale “Turning a WEEE Crisis into an Opportunity in Central America and beyond” Antigua, June 3, 2013 SpanishCooperation Training Center Antigua, Guatemala

  2. Complexity of WEEE ESM

  3. WEEE: Crisis orOpportunity? • Crisis: • WEEE containhazardouscomponentswhichpresentseriousriskstohealth and the environment at the local, national, regional and global levels (e.g.brominatedflameretardants,lead, mercury, cadmium). • Oportunity: • WEEE containprecious and valuablemetals and recyclablecomponents and can be a contributorto a Green Economy.

  4. Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • Supportedby the OAS Project “SustainableCommunities in Central American and the Caribbean”, withfundingfrom the US StateDepartment. • Madepossibleby: • the decision of CCAD Council of Ministersrecognizing the importance of WEEE ESM (June 2012) and the support of itsExecutiveSecretariat ; • the specialmomentumgeneratedby the International Dialogue on ESM of E-waste and PACE Meeting (San Salvador, May, 2012), the largestgathering of WEEE experts in the Americas.

  5. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity • Crisis: • LimitedTechnical and FinancialResourceson WEEE issues • Oportunity: • Tapinto: • significantadvanceson ESM of ULAB in Central America • the potential of public-private sector partnershipswithfinancial and technicalassistance of governments, private sector, Academia, NGO from Central American countries and existinginternationalexpertnetworks, and partners, as well as global financingmechanisms (GEF).

  6. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity • BCRC-CAM nurturesfrom and contributesto global and regional networks: • PACE • StEP • GPWM • Green Lead • GEM Network • RELAC • ELAC • Butthereis more….

  7. Good News!: ThreeChemicalSecretariatsMerged

  8. Good News!: Sinergieswillbesupported in the regions

  9. Network of Basel and Stockholm Regional Centers, FAO & UNEP

  10. BCRC-El Salvador’s Mission To support governments, the private sector and civil society organizations, in the environmentally sound management of hazardous materials and other wastes… through the implementation of the Basel Convention and other related conventions and initiatives… promoting training, technology transfer and access to information, as well as raising the awareness of the general public, to prevent damage to the environment and to the health of the population and to contribute to competitiveness and sustainable development.

  11. Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • LaunchedonMarch 2013 at the PACE/ITU Central American CapacityBuildingWorkshopon ESM of WEEE, organized in San Salvador, in partnershipwith CCAD, COMTELCA, SIGET and MARN-El Salvador.

  12. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • Workshopgathered 86 participantsfromEnvironment, Health and TelecommunicationsAuthorities of Central America, Academia, NGOs, and regional and extraregionalprivatecompanies. BCRC-Caribbean participated. • Created a specialmomentumworkingunder a public-private sector partnershipframework, tappinginto regional and internationalnetworks. • Produced a 20-point agenda as a firstframeworkfor the Central American WEEE Strategy.

  13. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • Expertspeakers, members of BCRC-El Salvador’sinternationalnetwork, sharedtheirwillingnesstosupport the formulation and implementation of the WEEE strategyfor Central America(e.g. USEPA, Ministry of Environment of Japan, Ministry of Trade of Brazil, StEP/UNU, SBRS, EMPA WEEE Project in Colombia, MIT, INTERPOL Environmental Crime Division, SIMS RecyclingSolutions, Telefonica, DELL, etc.). • Workshopformed the coregroupwhichwillformulate the WEEE Strategy in Central America, including the Central American CommissiononTelecommunications (COMTELCA).

  14. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • Created a favorable environmentfor the organization of nationalworkshops in support of the formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America. • Itallowed the sharing of the Costa Rican WEEE policy and BCRC-El Salvador’stechnology transfer on ESM of Used Lead AcidBatteries (ULAB), whichfacilitated $35 million in greeninvestments in Guatemala (Acumuladores Iberia), Costa Rica (PB Metals), in the Dominican Republic (VERI) and in Colombia (MAC).

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  16. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity ACUMULADORES IBERIA, Guatemala

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  18. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity PB METALS, Costa Rica

  19. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity PB METALS, Costa Rica

  20. Turning WEEE intoanopportunity Verde Eco-reciclaje Industrial, Dominican Republic duringjoint Mission of BCRC-Caribbean and BCRC-CAM Directors

  21. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Supported a WEEE collectioncampaignlaunchedduringEarthWeek 2013 in San Salvador, in partnershipwith a majorelectric distributor (AES) and a formal WEEE collectingcompany (Autoconsa). • Supports a WEEE collecioncampaignorganizedfornextweek’sWorldEnvironmentDay, bySuperSelectos and Autoconsa.

  22. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Coordinateswith SIMAN DepartmentStorestolaunchsincronizedcollectioncampaigns in El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. • Prepares a subregional componentfor Central Americawithin the UNIDO WEEE LatinAmerica Project (13 countries). • Advancesconversationstoorganize the firstLatin American WEEE Academyfor Managers (March 2014) in partnershipwithStEP/UNU and UNIDO.

  23. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Advancestowards a projectwithfunding and technicalassistancefrom the EnvironmentProtectionAdministration of Taiwan (EPAT) and technicalsupportfrom USEPA, whichwillsupport the formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor El Salvador, and sets a pilotelectronic tracking systemfor transboundary movements of hazardouswastesbetween El Salvador and Guatemala, and backs the WEEE Strategyfor Central America.

  24. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • ConnectedAutoconsawith the Center for PC Repair and Assembly (CREST), allowing 600 workingCRTstobereused in publicschools. • Follows up the formalization of SAICM $250,000 fundingfor the $650,000 public-private sector WEEE projectfor Honduras and Nicaragua (formulatedby the WEEE Central American TaskForce (UNEP/UNDP/BCRC-ELSalvador), approved in May 2012, butstillpendingbecause of lack of funding).

  25. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Formulates a project, in coordinationwith SIMS RecyclingSolutions, whichwillestablish a WEEE dismantlingfacility in El Salvador with ESM practices, whichcould set the 1st ICT Cluster in the world.

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  27. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Presenteditscandidacyto host the October 2014 annualmeeting of the WorldResourcesForum (www.worldresourcesforum.org) • WRF’sOctober 2013 annualmeeting in Davos, Switzerland, willincludesustainablecities as a keytopic.

  28. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Uses the BaselConvention COP11 approved inter-sesionalprogram of PilotActivitiessupporting the ESM Framework forHazardousWastes, whichincludes e-waste, and ULAB, withfinancialsupportfromJapan and Switzerland, toobtainadditionalsupportto the WEEE Strategyfor Central America. • Organizes a visitto Costa Rica nextJuly 23, 2013, of the WasteCoordinator of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan.

  29. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Organized a global partnershipfor ESM of ULAB withsupportfrom 10 Basel and Stockholm Regional Centers, with the support of the UNEP InternationalEnvironmentTechnology Center (UNEP-IETC), based in Osaka Japan, launched at the Triple COP on May 2013. • Introduced ULAB as a themewithin the new GEF 6 round, as member of the TAG onChemicals. • The abovewillhelpfinance the ULAB component of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America.

  30. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Tapsinto the new $490 investment in El Salvador of a manufacturingfacility of SensitySystems (SmartLedSystems) as one of itspartnersisplanningto set up a state-of-the-art recyclingfacilityformercurylamps.

  31. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America • BCRC-El Salvador: • Coordinates“Scoring a GoalAgaintsChemicalContamination” aninitiativeby GRULAC Basel and Stockholm regional centers, toraiseawareness, whichwillorganizesimultaneousconcerts 2 weeksbefore the FIFA World Cup, whereparticipantswillpaytheirentrancewith e-waste.

  32. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America Project Timeframe • Launched at ITU-UNEP WEEE Workshop March 2013 • Consultations • WEEE strategy draft formulation • National Worshops (June-October, 2013) • Regional Workshop discussion WEEE draft Strategy October, 2013 • CCAD Ministers meeting for approving WEEE Strategy, January 2014 • Printing and communicating WEEE Strategy , February-March 2014

  33. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America Methodology • Participatory • International Advisory Committee • Regional Advisory Committee • Regional stakeholder contributions • Available information on national assessments and strategies

  34. Project “Formulation of the WEEE Strategyfor Central America StrategyMainComponents • Mision • Vision • General Objetive • Specific Objetives • Guiding Principles • Scope • Strategic paths • Action Plan

  35. MANY THANKS! maraujo@sica.int +503 2248-8990 Skype: miguelearaujop miguelearaujop1

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