“Brazil has previously expressed favorably to the inclusion of cathode ray tubes as criteria to determine when a used equipment is considered a hazardous waste. Thus, any shipments containing equipment with this type of technology should be considered as a transboundary movement of waste subject to control by the Basel Convention.”
From p. 1 of response by Brazil 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.
“The market of products using obsolete technique e.g. cathode ray tube is shrinking year by year, especially in the year of new technology changing faster and faster. At present, the countries having market demand for these products are poor developing or least developed countries. Most of these countries have not yet established advanced management system of e-waste, and the products in those countries may probably not be sound managed after become e-waste. In addition, due to elimination technique, the products will not be able to get quality assurance e.g. after-sales maintenance, increasing the possibility that the products become waste.”
From p. 1-2 of response by China 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.
“The products using obsolete technologies such as cathode ray tube (CRT) shall be banned for the transboundary movement.”
From p. 4 of response by Malaysia 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
“We support the suggested text in para 31(b) that CRTs cannot be exported for repair, because it is an obsolete technology. We do not support a general text on obsolete technologies, as this may impair future reuse and waste minimization. But for the particular case of used CRTs which is an obsolete technology that contains a large amount of toxic lead, we believe that not allowing the export for repair as non-waste can prevent dumping of hazardous waste.”
From p. 1-2 of response by Norway 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.