“Regarding […] CRTs, given that in developing countries there is no appropriate technology to handle cathode ray tubes at the end of their life in an environmentally safe way, it is recommended that the text should have some reference on this subject that allows countries to know whether it contains CRTs or not and thus to be able to take the measures that take place within the framework of national legislation.”

English translation of p. 3 of response by Colombia to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.

 

“[…] this would eliminate from used products older equipment that is not RoHS compliant. Such material would have to be treated as waste regardless of whether or not it is functional. In all likelihood this older gear is going for resource recovery/dumping so should be treated as waste.

Note that the wording will also create some difficulties ‘applicable national legislation’ could mean we have to know offshore consumer law. The reference to ‘standards and guidelines’ is also open-ended. There are many standards and guidelines that have no regulatory force.”

From p. 2 of response by  New Zealand to Basel Secretariat. 2015. ‘Decision BC-12/5 | Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention’. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/ConferenceoftheParties/Meetings/COP12/tabid/4248/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8051/EventID/542/xmid/13027/Default.aspx.