Investor Presentaiton
MINISTERIO
DE
SALUD
MINISTERIO DE SALUD
REPÚBLICA DE COSTA RICA
Deseable
evitar
reducir
reutilizar
valorizar
tratar
disponer
DESIRABLE
Avoid,
reduce, reuse,
recovery,
treat, dispose
(The new
approach in the
Law)
Current status of E-Waste.
Previous regulatory efforts and/or existing regulatory framework.
Costa Rica has in place the Law 8839 for Integral Waste Management in
general that is a broad regulatory framework for waste. This law distributes
responsibility among all sectors of society differentially and induces the
adoption of sustainable production and consumption processes. It
promotes safe and environmentally sound waste management. It has been
implemented through specific decrees as E-Waste Integral Management and
the regulation for the declaration of Special Handling Waste in which the
extended producer responsibility (EPR) is set up through the requirement that
any producer or importer of new or used electronics, have to be part of a
compliance unit.
Developments on regulation or standards from the past year.
CEGIRE is the executive committee for integral e-waste management created
by this law. It is working at development specific regulations but we can not
talk about official standards yet. However some recyclers of e-waste have
certification ISO 14001 and ISO 9001.
Anticipated future developments in regulation or standards.
Guidelines on each stage of the integral management of waste wil be
elaborated and some standards and rulers of control and monitoring for
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