Brazil

Population

211,000,821

E-waste Generated

2235

kt

EEE Put on Market

2478

kt

E-waste Collection Rate

3%

E-waste Formally Collected

72

kt

E-waste Imported

n/a

E-waste Exported

n/a

E-waste Generated

10.6

kg per capita

EEE Put on Market

11.7

kg per capita

E-waste Generated Per Category (kt)

Temperature Exchange Equipment

657

Screens

192

Lamps

47

Large Equipment

623

Small Equipment

583

Small IT

133

National Legislation

Yes

EPR

Yes

Collection Target

Yes

Recycling Target

No

RELEVANT E-WASTE LEGISLATIONS

Acre (Brazil): WEEE Collection and Recycling Program, Law No. 2539/2012

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Acre

Amap? (Brazil): Disposal of Batteries, Cell Phone Batteries and Other Devices Containing Heavy Metals, Law 581/2000

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Amapa

Amazonas (Brazil): Recycling, Management and Disposal of Electronic Waste, Law 247/2015

Approved

TERRITORY COVERED: Amazonas

Brazil: Approving Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, Decree 875, 1993

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Call for the Development of Sectoral Agreement for Deployment of Reverse Logistics System for Electric and Electronic Products and Components, Notice No. 01/2013

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Collection of Cell Phones, Bill PL 6700/2016

Proposed

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Guidelines on Introduction of Program of Continuous Selective Collection of Electronic and Technological Wastes, Bill PL 2426/2015

Proposed

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Management and Disposal of Electronic Waste (WEEE), Bill PL 2940/2015

Proposed

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Omnibus Waste Law 12305/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Brazil: Providing Discounts to Consumer for the Return of Similar Used Electronic Products, Bill PL 3732/2015

Proposed

TERRITORY COVERED: Brazil

Ceara (Brazil): Instituting Norms and Procedures for Recycling, Management and Final Disposition of Technological Trash or WEEE, Draft Law PL 67/2015, April 2015

Proposed

TERRITORY COVERED: Cear

City of Cascavel (Parana, Brazil): Recycling, Management and Disposal of Electronic Waste, Law 5359/2009

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: City of Cascavel

City of Curitiba (Parana, Brazil): Treatment and Disposal of Special Wastes, Law No. 13509/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: City of Curitiba

City of Lins (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Collection, Reuse and Recycling of Electronic Waste, Law 5332/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: City of Lins (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

City of Teresina (Piaui, Brazil): Collection, Reuse, Recycling and Treatment of Electronic Waste, Law 3924/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: City of Teresina

Espirito Santo (Brazil): Takeback and Recycling of Products Containing Heavy Metals, Law 9163/2009

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Espirito Santo

Esp?rito Santo (Brazil): Collection, Management and Disposal of Electronic Waste, Law No. 9941/2012

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Espirito Santo

Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil): Management of Waste Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Law No. 1705/2012

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Municipality of Manaus

Mato Grosso (Brazil): Mandatory Reverse Logistics Systems for Electronics, Lighting, Batteries, Lubricants, Tires and Certain Packaging Products, Resolution 33/2016

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil): Recycling and Disposal of Electronic Waste, Law 3970/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Mato Grosso do Sul

Minas Gerais (Brazil): Incentives to Selective Collection of Solid Waste, Law 13766/2000

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Minas Gerais

Municipality of Guarulhos (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Policy on Management and Final Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Waste, Law No. 6.663/2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Municipality of Guarulhos (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Municipality of Guarulhos (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Takeback of Used Cellphone Batteries, Law No. 5.778/2002

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Municipality of Guarulhos (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Paran? (Brazil): Disposal of Articles Containing Metallic Mercury, Law 16075/2009

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Paran

Pernambuco (Brazil): Obligation on Sellers of Batteries and Small Electronic Devices to Install E-Waste Collectors, Law 15084/2013

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Pernambuco

Porto Alegre (Brazil): Management of Waste Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Law 11384/2012

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Porto Alegre

Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil): Disposal of Batteries, Fluorescent Lamps, Cell Phones and Other Devices Containing Heavy Metals, Law No. 11019/97

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil): Solid Waste Policy, Law No. 14528/2014

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Rio Grande do Sul

Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil): Collection and Disposal of Waste Electronic Equipment, Act No. 2.712, 2010

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Municipality of Santos

Sao Paulo (Brazil): Licensing for Waste Management Facilities in Reverse Logistics Systems, Decision 120/2016/C

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: City of Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo (Brazil): Recycling, Management and Disposal of E-Waste, Law 13576/2009

In force

TERRITORY COVERED: Sao Paulo

EEE Put on market is defined as any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge.

E-waste generated is defined as the amount of discarded electrical or electronic products (e-waste) due to consumption within national territory in a given reporting year, prior to any collection, reuse, treatment, or export.

E-waste formally collected represents the e-waste collected as e-waste and regulated by environmental protection laws specifically designed for e-waste. This includes e-waste that is collected and later exported, and treated according to national standards in another country.

E-waste imported/exported is the e-waste that is imported or exported.

E-waste collection rate is the formal collection of e-waste / E-waste generated


Please refer to this data as: Cornelis P. Baldé, Ruediger Kuehr, Tales Yamamoto, Rosie McDonald, Elena D’Angelo, Shahana Althaf, Garam Bel, Otmar Deubzer, Elena Fernandez-Cubillo, Vanessa Forti, Vanessa Gray, Sunil Herat, Shunichi Honda, Giulia Iattoni, Deepali S. Khetriwal, Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia, Yuliya Lobuntsova, Innocent Nnorom, Noémie Pralat, Michelle Wagner (2024). International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). 2024. Global E-waste Monitor 2024. Geneva/Bonn.