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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 stephen.rodgers@ericsson.com

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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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