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Send your submissions for the Generation Connect E-Waste Iconathon by 18 March 2022!

ITU is organising an icon design contest to raise awareness about the global e-waste issue, leveraging the participation of youth. The BRS Secretariat is proud to support the initiative.

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E-waste documents now available in all six UN languages

Guidelines, manuals and reports related to the environmentally sound management of E-waste are now available online in all 6 UN languages.

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Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for all e-waste: A proposal by Ghana and Switzerland to amend the Basel Convention

Join the webinar on Monday 7 February 2022 to learn about the proposal by Ghana and Switzerland to amend Annex II, Annex VIII and Annex IX to the Basel Convention in relation to e-waste.

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BRS in the 10th Green Standards Week

BRS Deputy Executive Secretary will open the High-level Dialogue on Sustainable E-waste Management and Circular Economy in Latin America. Register here.

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PIC-Procedure for all e-waste: a proposal by Ghana and Switzerland to amend the Basel Convention

Join the webinars on Thursday 16 December to learn about the proposal to amend Annex II, Annex VIII and Annex IX to the Basel Convention in relation to e-waste..

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E-waste in the context of a sustainable digital transformation in Africa and in Latin America: webinars 28-30 September 2021

Join these webinars, organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), UNECE, BRS and other partners, discuss challenges and opportunities offered by a digital transformation.

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Webinar on financial incentives for environmentally sound management of E-waste in Ghana, 7 to 8 July 2021

For the second webinar in this series, attention switches to financial aspects of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Policy.

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Join efforts to tackle the world’s growing E-waste problem

A first webinar in a series of five opens the updated and expanded Massive Open Online Course - or MOOC – on E-waste.

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On the occasion of the second International E-waste Day, read what Parties to the Basel Convention are doing to address this growing global problem

A public/private partnership, technical guidelines on environmentally sound management, and a massive open online course are amongst the measures tackling e-waste, the world’s fastest growing hazardous waste stream.

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Sustainable metals and other valuable materials processing and recycling from E-waste, KU Leuven

This webinar will present the challenges and the current and future processes for sustainable metals and other valuable materials extraction from E-waste. This includes recycling processes for printed circuit boards and other computer components, for precious metals, rare earths and other valuable materials.

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E-waste regulations around the world

This webinar will provide an overview of the different ways in which e-waste is regulated across the globe. Examples from different continents will be discussed and compared, including from the European Union, the United States, China, South America and Africa.

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First ever MOOC on E-waste - now underway

You can still register for, and since 4 April 2016 join, the first ever Massive Open Online Course on the E-waste Challenge, now underway.

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Trends in-waste generation: the Global E-Waste Monitor - 2014, United Nations University (UNU)

Come and learn more on trends in e-waste generation from the Global E-Waste Monitor - 2014, a United Nations University report

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BRS and Climate-KIC launch first-ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on e-waste

The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), together with its partner the European Institute for Innovation and Technology’s Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community (Climate-KIC), is proud to launch the first-ever Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, on the electronic and electrical waste, e-waste challenge.

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Lead Acid Batteries Recycling in Central America: A case study on the Environmentally Sound Management of Batteries, recovering lead and creating green jobs

Come and learn about the Acumuladores Iberia -case study- where a Regional Strategy for the Environmentally Sound Recovery of Used Lead Acid Batteries in Central America, implemented in cooperation with the private sector, has improved lead acid batteries recycling in the region, creating new job opportunities.

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Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movements of E-waste

The objective of this webinar is present the TBM Guidelines on E-waste focussing on the waste non-waste criteria, with a view to disseminate the guidelines and to support the collection of information requested by the Parties to the Basel Convention in decision BC-12/5.

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Tackling informality in e-waste management: The potential of cooperative enterprises - an ILO report

Come and learn how cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations can contribute to formalizing the e-waste recycling informal sector. The cases of Brazil, India, Serbia and Bolivia will be presented and discussed. These sessions aim to share experience on how to improve occupational safety and health, providing decent jobs and better income to informal workers in the e-waste recycling sector.

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Collection systems of e-waste: An example of Concrete Solutions in Japan and Other Asian Countries

Come and learn how the e-waste collection system was put in place in Japan and other Asian countries. These sessions aim at sharing experience on how to establish such systems in the framework of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, presenting lessons learned and strategies to replicate this experience in other countries.

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Parties and other stakeholders are invited to provide the information requested to the Secretariat at the latest by 30 June 2014.



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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in Asia

Come and learn how Taiwan, province of China,  established its E-waste management system and on how rare trace materials, like gold, or bulk plastics, can be recovered and recycled from end-of-life computing equipment and more generally E-waste. This webinar will present examples of E-waste management systems complying with the PACE “Guideline”.

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Mobile Phones and  the Environment
Photographic exhibition, 2 to 14 December 2013 at Palais des Nations, Geneva

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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in the United States of America (USA)
Come and learn from two different USA perspectives, one from the private sector and the other one from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on how rare trace materials, like gold, or bulky like plastics, can be recovered and recycled from E-Waste. This webinar will present an example of processes for material recovery and recycling complying with the PACE “Guideline”.

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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in Asia
This webinar will present a private sector experience in Asia on how rare trace materials, like gold, or bulky plastics, can be recovered and recycled from end-of-life computing equipment and other  E-wastes, as an example of processes for material recovery and recycling complying with the PACE “Guideline”.

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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in the United States of America (USA)

Come and learn from two different USA perspectives, one from the private sector and the other one from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on how rare trace materials, like gold, or bulky like plastics, can be recovered and recycled from E-Waste. This webinar will present an example of processes for material recovery and recycling complying with the PACE “Guideline”.

 

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E-waste at the ITU Green Standards Week

A Forum on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste examines best practice for designing e-waste management systems, Madrid, Spain, 16 September 2013.

 

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Webinar on E-waste Material Recovery and Recycling: An example of Concrete Solutions in Asia
This webinar will present an example of the process for material recovery and recycling in compliance with the Partnership for Action on Computer Equipment (PACE) Guideline.

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Extended Producer Responsibility Policies for E-Waste Management

This webinar will introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies for the collection and management of E-waste currently in place in Belgium and Colombia.

 

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New agenda seeks to transform e-waste into opportunity

Sustainable business models key to waste reduction.

 

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Belgium and Colombian experts share national experience with Extended Producer Responsibility for E-waste management

Learn how Colombia set up its EPR scheme for the take-back and management of E-waste 'from scratch', 18 April 2013, 4 pm (English).

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ITU/UNEP Training Workshop on E-Waste

Central American Workshop for Capacity Building on Environmentally Responsible Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). This event aims at providing a training on e-waste management and will promote the environmentally sound handling of used and end-of-life electronic equipment through the PACE guidelines and ITU-T Recommendations and Toolkit for the ICT Sector.

 

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Avoiding e-waste: Sustainable life-cycle management of ICT equipment

Join the session on best practices and policies on environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life ICT equipment, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10-year Review, 26 February 2013, 16:05-17:30 Register

 

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Guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life mobile phones
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International efforts to regulate the trade in waste revolve around the Basel Convention. (Photo: Kai Loeffelbein)

 

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New European Union Directive on E-waste Comes Into Force

Research conducted by the Basel Convention provided the backdrop to a new directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment.

 

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UN-led Meeting Agrees on Priority Actions for Managing E-Waste in Africa

Pan-African Forum on E-Waste Underlines Green Economy Opportunities in E-Waste Sector

 

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UN system collaborates on electronic waste disposal
International collaboration to promote environmentally sound management of e-waste was strengthened with the signing of an agreement between the Basel Convention Secretariat  and ITU aimed at protecting the environment.

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Joint Survey on E-Waste - Call for Action
ITU, SBC and UNU in collaboration with StEP and CEDARE have launched a joint global survey to collect detailed data on e-waste management, policies and standards. The deadline for submission of  replies to the survey has been extended until 29 February 2012. Parties and stakeholders are kindly invited to provide input.

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Domestic Consumption is Main Contributor to Africa’s Growing E-Waste
UN Report Finds Imports of Waste Electronics from Europe Continue to Add to Problem

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Where are WEEE in Africa? Findings from the Basel Convention E-waste Africa Programme
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Pan-African Forum on E-waste
The growing e-waste volumes generated worldwide together with the lack or even absence of well-organized collection and management systems in Africa, where a disproportionate amount of this waste ends up, threatens Africa’s environment, its national economies and the health of local communities.

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Basel joins the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
The UNEP Secretariat of the Basel Convention is pleased to announce that it is joining the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development.

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Introductory webinars on e-waste

The webinar provided an overview on the issues associated with the management of electrical and electronic wastes.

Recordings and FAQs available here

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Launch of new publication (executive summary)
This publication is an element of the E-waste Africa programme, which aims at enhancing the environmental governance of e-wastes and creating favourable social and economic conditions in the recycling sector in Africa.

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The Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment
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The region has been host to a number of hazardous waste management and cleaner production projects sponsored by international and bilateral donors over the past decades. Nonetheless, the infrastructure for management of hazardous wastes - including legislation, administration and disposal - remains extremely patchy throughout the countries of the region. This would seem to argue strongly for a step-by-step approach that sets in place the basic information, as well as the legislative and administrative requirements before a comprehensive practical waste management strategy could be formulated.

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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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