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Industry dilemma
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Ericsson product take-back
REDUCING OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT By Taking Our Extended producer responsibility
Stephen rodgers Director Ecology Management Ericsson [email protected]
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Ericsson product take back
Ecology Management (ECOM)
ERICSSON – taking its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Ensures a sustainable treatment of end-of-life material
Ericsson’s mandatory take-back process
Handling all
Take-Back requests globally
Reporting - WEEE* - Batteries - Packaging
Recycler Auditing
* Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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Ericsson product take back issues
• Few countries have published e-waste legislation
• No e-waste refining facilities on the African continent
• Few legitimate pre-e-waste processing facilities
• Considerable hurdles in obtaining export authorization in many countries
• Issues associated with the transposition/interpretation of the Basel Convention
• Minimal environmental awareness and of the negative consequences of e-waste
* Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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The current process
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