Exploring the Future of Sustainable Electronics, Amid Innovation, Regulation and Infrastructure Gaps
An interview with Adrien Specker, Executive Director of the STEP Initiative When STEP was founded over twenty years ago, e-waste was a relatively contained conversation — televisions, mobile phones, the occasional fridge or microwave. Today, the picture looks radically different. We spoke with Adrien Specker about the growing complexity of electronics, the limits of current […]
Rethinking our development path in South Africa: in conversation with Linda Godfrey
Linda Godfrey is a Principal Scientist at the CSIR and Extraordinary Professor at Northwest University, South Africa, and holds a PhD in Engineering. With over 20-years of sector experience, she manages the Waste Research Development and Innovation Roadmap Implementation Unit on behalf of Government. Linda Godfrey is a Member of the Scientific Committee of WRF’23 and […]
‘The circular economy must be a conscious choice’: in conversation with Walter Stahel
Walter Stahel is an author, keynote speaker, mentor, researcher and teacher, widely considered a pioneer of the circular economy. Walter is the author of several prize-winning academic papers and pioneering books including The Limits to Certainty (1989/1993), The Performance Economy (2010) and The Circular Economy, a user’s guide (2019). Walter Stahel is Scientific Committee Member of […]
Small-scale mining in Namibia: in conversation with Johanna Linus
Johanna Linus is a Senior Geoscientist in the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia, where she plays a fundamental role in the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), as well as in the reviewing and updating of the minerals legislation. Johanna is a member of the WRF’23 scientific committee and we sat down […]
The legacy of the Responsible Mining Foundation: in conversation with Hélène de Villiers-Piaget
A few months ago the Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) announced that it will close due to lack of long-term independent funding. For many familiar with extractive issues, this news has reinforced the importance of what RMF was trying to achieve – the normalisation of responsible practices. A recent media article sums it up well: Miners […]