Meeting Environmental Requirements in Latin America
This white paper from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) offers an overview to help electronics manufacturers get up to speed on environmental regulations as they affect manufacturing, sales, disposal and other elements of business operations.
From the introduction to the guide:
The Latin American Region has witnessed an explosion of product stewardship initiatives for electrical and electronic equipment, spurred in part by international legal trends, serious urban waste management challenges, a growing local environmental awareness, and the rise in influence of local and international NGOs. Governments facing limited waste infrastructure capacity, outdated laws and regulations, and insufficient funding to support management and/or regulatory enforcement have turned to product stewardship as an attractive solution, shifting responsibility from the public to the private sector.
This white paper is one of a series of four from the TIA. Three additional papers are available for download from GreenerComputing:
More details about the TIA, and EIATRACK, the industry group’s legislation-monitoring service, are online at www.eiatrack.org.
