Regional Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used Lead Acid Batteries, Guatemala City, Guatemala

The overall goal of the workshop is to advance international analysis, commitment and action to address the challenges associated with the management and recycling of ULAB to Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, which could then be expanded into South America.

Specific objectives of the workshop are the following:

• Review the current situation on the international movement, management and recycling of ULAB, and associated environmental and health risks in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

• Exchange information on the government policies and stakeholder actions to address these risks.

• Review the impact of the previous strategy on ESM of ULAB for Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Venezuela.

• Comment on a proposed revised strategy on ESM of ULAB for Central America and Mexico.

•  Identify potential future UNEP activities towards the environmentally sound management of ULAB.

• Finalize a draft report on proposed UNEP action to promote sound management of ULAB, which will be presented to different fora, including: i) UNEP Lead and Cadmium Website; ii) the XX Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean to be held in March 2016 in Cartagena, Colombia; and iii) the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA), to be held in Nairobi on May 2016.