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Ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-9)
16-19 September 2014 | Geneva, Switzerland
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Highlights for Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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On Wednesday, 17 September, the OEWG continued its work in contact groups and Friends of the Co-Chairs groups.
Two Friends of the Co-Chairs groups met throughout the day. The first discussed the roadmap for action on the Cartagena Declaration, while the second addressed paragraph 26 (b) of the e-waste guidelines, concerning conditions under which used electrical and electronic equipment would normally be considered waste.
In the morning, the technical matters contact group kicked off what one delegate called “the POPs marathon” by starting consideration of the general technical guidelines for wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with POPs (POP wastes).
During lunch, delegates attended side events on the patent landscape of e-waste recycling technologies, and on global electronic product repair practices in the high tech sector.
In the afternoon, the technical matters contact group discussed the specific technical guidelines for wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), including hexabromobiphenyl (HBB); perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF); and unintentionally produced polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls or pentachlorobenzene. The group also began consideration of the technical guidelines for wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury.
The legal clarity contact group convened in the evening to begin its work on the draft glossary of terms.
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Participants of the Contact Group on technical matters |
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Upik Kamil and Aristìn Apriani, Indonesia |
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