large-scale stationary industrial tools) Toys, leisure and sports equipment Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products) Monitoring and control instruments Autonomic dispensers Minimum recovery targets referred in Directive 2012/19/EU starting from 15 August 2018: WEEE falling within category 1 or 10 of Annex I - 85% shall be recovered, and 80% shall be prepared for re-use and recycled; WEEE falling within category 3 or 4 of Annex I - 80% shall be recovered, and 70% shall be prepared for re-use and recycled; WEEE falling within category 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 of Annex I -75% shall be recovered, and 55% shall be prepared for re-use and recycled; For gas and discharged lamps, 80% shall be recycled. In 2021, the European Commission proposed the implementation of a standardization – for iterations of USB-C – of phone charger products after commissioning two impact assessment studies and a technology analysis study. Regulations like this may reduce electronic waste by small but significant amounts as well as, in this case, increase device-interoperability, convergence and convenience for consumers while decreasing resource-needs and redundancy. The regulations were passed in June 2022, mandating that all phones sold in the EU to have USB-C charging ports by late 2024. International agreements A report by the United Nations Environment Management Group lists key processes and agreements made by various organizations globally in an effort to manage and control e-waste. Details about the policies could be retrieved in the links below. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) (73/78/97) Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989) Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances (1989) International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on Chemicals, concerning safety in the use of chemicals at work (1990) Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Council Decision Waste Agreement (1992) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1994) International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) (1995) Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (1998) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001) World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Assembly Resolutions (2006–2016) Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (2009) Minamata Convention on Mercury (2013) Paris Climate Agreement (2015) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Connect 2020 Agenda for Global Telecommunication/ICT Development (2014) Global