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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009And the momentum for regulating e-waste keeps on building in Argentina…
This week saw two bills proposed in Argentina on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or “e-waste” or “e-scrap”) this week, one at the provincial level and the other at the federal.
At the federal level, a bill was introduced in the national congress to create […]
A Successful E-waste Collection Campaign in Jalisco
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Who says that Mexicans do not understand or care about the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) issue?
The Mexican state of Jalisco just finished a one-month (15 December – 17 January) WEEE collection campaign organized the state environment secretariat (SEMADES) that resulted in 36.6 metric tons turned in. There would have been much more e-scrap […]
Can Rio Negro Implement an E-Waste Regime?
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Last July the Democratic Front bloc in the legislature of Argentina’s Rio Negro province (RN) introduced a bill to tackle the growing problem of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, or “e-waste” or “e-scrap”) in the province. The state Environment Council (CODEMA), which is designated in the bill as the implementing and rule-making authority should […]