eWaste Directoryof terms
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Sample Data Sets
2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Greenhouse Gas Protocols
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
OECD Due Diligence System
Secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm conventions
Summary of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
The Kimberley Process
The UN Global Compact
United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
United Nations University (UNU)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
World Economic Forum
Electronic Waste Recycling Act(California)
Electronic Products Recycling Program(Washington State)
EPEAT
Executive Order 13693, “Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade"
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tools by the US EPA
Landfill or disposal ban on electronic devices(State level)
National Strategy for Electronics Stewardship: Accomplishments Report
Oregon E-Cycles
Producer Responsibility Program(State level)
R2 and e-Stewards Recycling Standards
S.77 (Act 79)(Vermont)
Section 1502 of the US Dodd-Frank Act
Climate Delegated Act
Conflict Minerals Regulation
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Directive on the disposal of PCBs/PCTs
EU Batteries Directive
Extractive Waste Directive
Landfills Directive
Non-Financial Reporting Directive(NFRD)
Packaging Directive
Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
RoHS Directive
Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
The Green Deal
Waste Framework Directive
Waste Shipments Regulation
WEEE Directive
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009
Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 507
Hazardous Waste (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 SI 2861
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013
Waste (Wales) Measure 2010
Waste (Household Waste Duty of Care)(England & Wales) Regulations 2005
Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011
CCCMC Due Diligence Guidelines (China)
National Product Stewardship Scheme(Australia)
National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme(Australia)
Resource Sustainability Regulations 2021(Singapore)
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020(Australia)
Recycling and Waste Reduction Rules 2020(Australia)
The Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989(Australia)
Law 20920(Chile)
Politica Nacional de Residuos Solidos n.12305 (PNRS)(Brazil)
Resolution 1512(Colombia)
Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act(Ghana)
National Environmental Waste Management Act(Kenya)
National Sanitation Policy(Rwanda)
New Law(Egypt)
Nigerian Communications Act(NCA2003)
Waste Act, 2008 (South Africa)
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