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Sri Lanka ratified the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal in 1992 and had taken many steps to ensure implementation of its provisions.  As global economies and systems developed and expanded, new priorities have emerged.  At the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP6) Electrical and Electronic wastes (e-Wastes) was recognized as a priority issue requiring urgent attention.  The need for action was considered especially important to the Asia-Pacific region.  Over the past few years Sri Lanka has a significant growth in telecommunication penetration. Information and Communication Technology is especially promoted to bring about development of the economy. 

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In view of the growing concerns of e-waste management across the globe, in particular the developing countries of Asia, the Secretariat of Basel Convention, under the project on Environmentally Sound Management of e-Waste in Asia Pacific, supported 10 Asian countries. India, a signatory to the Basel Convention, has initiated several programs on e-waste management. However, there is a need for rationalising the inventorisation process, increased awareness on e-waste management among stakeholders and analysis of possible partnership models to promote environmentally sound management (ESM) of e-waste.

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Basel Convention Regional Centre for South‐East Asia (BCRC‐SEA) in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC) has developed this Technical Guidelines for Inventory of Electrical and Electronic Waste. This Technical Guidelines Development Project is funded by the Government of Japan through the Basel Convention Trust Fund.

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The objective of this Project is to perform preliminary inventory on electronic and electrical waste in Indonesia as the initial step for developing national inventory system on e-waste which is going to be a part of national inventory of hazardous waste in Indonesia. The result of this project is expected to support Indonesia in implementing environmentally sound management for electrical and electronic waste.

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In last a few years, the environmentally unsound way of E-waste was clearly identified in the certain cities in the Asian countries that E-waste was imported as second-hand products into the cities, dismantled under the environmentally unsound way and caused the serious adverse effects to human health and the environment. The residents in the cities are not aware that the existing manual methods to dismantle E-waste is caused the adverse effects to themselves, despite the fact that the governmental or municipal authorities have barely undertaken some measures, e.g. the preparation of the regulations.

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This guide aims at providing the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with useful practices of Hazardous waste management(HWM). Indeed, this guide allows the user to explore his/her company and to identify its weaknesses in order to take adequate corrective measures. Moreover, the guide is adapted to local needs by adopting a systematic methodology designed according to the available local rules and regulations.  The steps described in the methodology section can be followed in a systematic way throughout the guide to reach to a full understanding of the hazardous materials (HM) and hazardous waste (HW) status, and to develop and implement an appropriate action plan for managing the hazardous materials and hazardous waste.

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At the third meeting of the Expert Group on best available techniques (BAT) and best environmental practices (BEP) in Tokyo in October 2004, UNEP Chemicals foreshadowed a series of regional consultations on the draft guidance to assist countries prepare for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention (COP-1) to be held in May of 2005. It was considered that successful COP consideration, and subsequent use of the guidelines, would depend on participants’ understanding of the issues. It was important also that the guidance be representative of all regions.

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In the Kingdom of Cambodia, used lead acid batteries (ULAB) are not normally managed in an environmentally sound manner and there is no specific government institution responsible for ULAB management. Detailed legislation specifically targeting the management of ULAB does not exist, except for some related statutory instruments such as the Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management; the Sub-Decree on Water Pollution Control; and the Sub -Decree on Solid Waste Management. Unsound ULAB management has caused concern for the environment and population health in Cambodia and there is an urgent need to improve the management mechanisms based on sound environmental practices, otherwise, harmful and irreparable consequences will occur in the future.

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Municipality Project aimed to develop a new partnership for local hazardous waste mechanisms on the environmentally sound management, namely Type II Agreement (public-private partnership) between all stakeholders on hazardous waste management. BCRC China especially targeted to develop Type II Agreement in Qingdao, P.R.China, which is one of the industrial and organizational cities in China. Qingdao faces various environmental issues, e.g. hazardous waste management, wastewater treatment, etc. BCRC China has assisted Qingdao to establish Type II Agreement for hazardous waste
management and E-waste management. This approach was one of the first instances to have established Type II Agreement in Asia and the Pacific region and good instance to undertake hazardous waste management by a public-private partnership.

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