MOBILE PHONE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE MPPI

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MOBILE PHONE PARTNERSHIP
INITIATIVEMPPI
Basel Convention

• Presentation
• Background
• Work Program
• Organization of Work
• Project Groups
• Status OEWG 4
• Future Action Items

Mr. Marco Buletti SAEFL, Switzerland Chair,
Mobile Phone Working Group July 5th , 2005
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Background
Basel Convention

• Swiss Initiative - a pilot partnership project.
• Initiative is based on the Declaration on ESM,
  which calls for establishment of partnerships
  between governments, industry and
  non-governmental organizations.
• Mobile Phone Working Group (MPWG) was
  established.
• Membership of the MPWG include mobile phone
  manufacturers and telecom operators.
• Observers from refurbishing companies, recycling
  industry and environmental groups also
  participate in MPWG meetings.

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Work Program of MPWG
Basel Convention

• It includes the following
• Initiatives for reused phones that re-enter the
  market to ensure high quality after refurbishing.
• Transboundary movement of used mobile phones to
  be reused, and those shipped for refurbishing,
  repair, recovery and recycling.
• Advise on any programs, legislation and/or
  regulations for an effective collection of
  end-of-life mobile phones.
• Provide guidance on environmentally sound
  practices for recycling and recovery.
• Identify role of Basel Regional Centers to assist
  in the development of legislation, establishment
  of recycling facilities, dissemination of info
  and raising awareness.

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Organization of Work
Basel Convention

• MPWG had 3 face to face meetings and a number of
  teleconferences, the 4th meeting will follow this
  side event.
• Established 4 project groups to deal with the
  work program.
• Projects started after OEWG 1 approved the work
  programme at its meeting in April of 2003.
• Progress reports of each project group will be
  presented later on by respective project group
  chairs.

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Project Groups
Basel Convention

• Project Group 1.1- Chairs Geoff Thompson Greg
  Rippon from Australia
• Refurbishment and Reuse of end-of life Mobile
  phones .
• Project Group 2.1- Chair Joachim Wuttke from
  Germany
• Best Practice for collection schemes and rules
  that apply to transboundary movement.
• Project group 3.1- Co-chair Bob Tonetti from
  USEPA Françoise Salamé from Switzerland
• Recovery Recycling of end-of-life Mobile Phones
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• Project group 4.1A- Chair Julie Rosenbach from
  USEPA
• Awareness Raising and Training-Design
  Considerations.

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STATUS - OEWG4
Basel Convention

• Reports from project group 1.1 and 4.1 have been
  finalized, and submitted to the MPWG for
  approval.
• Glossary of Terms has been finalized, and is on
  Basel website.
• Report of project group 3.1 is almost finished,
  and should be going to MPWG for approval.
• Project 2.1 (collection schemes and transboundary
  movements) - discussions are on-going.
• Second draft overall Basel Guidance document on
  environmentally sound management of end-of-life
  mobile phones available as an information
  paper
• contains a summary of reports, as prepared by
  project groups 1.1, 3.1 and 4.1A plus glossary of
  terms
• once the project group 2.1 completes its work,
  information will be added.
• third draft will be submitted to the OEWG 5 for
  approval
• Pilot Project on collection and treatment of used
  and end-of-life mobile phones (project 2.2)
• Way forward on selection of a country or
  countries to be discussed during the MPWG meeting
  which will follow this side event.

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Future Action Items
Basel Convention

• Need more interest and participation by
  developing countries in the work of MPWG, and
  project group 2.1 discussions.
• Completion of the questionnaires as prepared by
  the project group 2.1.
• Provision of voluntary funds to initiate
  collection pilot projects.
• Commitment to review and provide comments on the
  overall Basel Convention Guidance document, prior
  to being submitted to OEWG 5 and COP8 for
  approval.
• BCRC to review regional interest in hosting a
  pilot collection project, and make suggestions to
  the Secretariat, based on the outline developed.