Risk of exceeding scope of Basel Convention
Since the Convention regulates wastes rather than non-wastes, concern is expressed about whether various criteria of the Draft Technical Guidelines inappropriately extend the scope of the Convention.

“In different instances of negotiations the country [Argentina] holds the position that some aspects of the guideline are regulating activities beyond the control of the Basel Convention, especially when the materials involved are not waste.”

From p. 1 of response by Argentina to Basel Secretariat. 2014. ‘Draft Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of Electronic and Electrical Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste under the Basel Convention (Draft of 20 November 2014)’. http://www.basel.int/Implementation/Ewaste/TechnicalGuidelines/DevelopmentofTGs/tabid/2377/Default.aspx.

 

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Electronic Waste »Electronic Waste
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Draft Technical Guidelines »Draft Technical Guidelines
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Issues »Issues
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Situations in which used equipment is or is not waste »Situations in which used equipment is or is not waste
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Paragraph 26: when used equipment should not be considered waste »Paragraph 26: when used equipment should not be considered waste
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Risk of exceeding scope of Basel Convention
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Basel Convention cannot regulate non-wastes. »Basel Convention cannot regulate non-wastes.
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Argentina »Argentina
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Need for precise scope of defnitions of waste & non-waste »Need for precise scope of defnitions of waste & non-waste
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