Peruvian minister to promote the creation of a public-private group to strengthen e-waste management during the closing ceremony of the SRI project.

Lima, Perù – 15 June 2023 Minister of Environment Albina Ruiz highlighted the support of Swiss cooperation through 15 years of continuous collaboration. In order to strengthen the implementation of the […]
More efforts needed to foster the repair sector in Europe, new ETC/EEA study finds

A recent report by the European Topic Centre – Circular Economy and Resource Use (ETC CE), funded by the European Environment Agency (EEA), concludes that targeted initiatives and legislation as […]
WRFA partner of new Horizon Europe project fostering a Circular Economy in Digital Health

Organisations’ representatives at the DiCE kick-off meeting Launched in Oct, 2022, the Digital Health in a Circular Economy (DiCE) project aims to address the issue of increasing digital health […]
WRFA partner of new Horizon Europe project developing EU-Africa partnerships for responsible sourcing of critical raw materials

The World Resources Forum Association becomes consortium partner of the project ‘Building EU-Africa partnerships on sustainable raw materials supply chain‘, in short AfricaMaVal, funded by the European Commission, as part […]
WRFA partner of European Environment Agency for accelerating the transition to a circular economy

As an implementing partner of the European Topic Centre on Circular Economy and Resource Use, the World Resources Forum Association will support the European Environment Agency in further developing the knowledge base […]
CEWASTE: creating a level playing field to foster Critical Raw Materials Recycling

The international consortium behind the EU Horizon 2020 CEWASTE project, led by the World Resources Forum Association, has recently published its final report, which provides key requirements and recommendations, alongside a standardised voluntary […]
Three Key Ministries Pledge Full Support for Newly Launched Ambitious South African e-Waste Project

South Africa, 16 February 2021: Today marked the official beginning of a high-profile collaboration between key stakeholders in South Africa and Switzerland to meet South Africa’s rising future e-waste challenge. […]
New project addressing the issue of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) launched in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Abidjan, 24 September 2020: A new project, funded by the GEF and implemented by UNIDO, addressing the issue of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) stemming from e-waste and end-of-life vehicles has been […]
Stakeholders and Experts Joining new RE-SOURCING Network

Vienna, 21 August 2020 The RE-SOURCING project team has recently started to invite key players from business, politics, academia, and civil society to join the new responsible sourcing network. So […]
Environment Minister Ghana Announces Natural Resources Initiatives

Accra, 5 March 2020 The sustainable use of natural resources will be at the heart of debates at the first World Resources Forum to be held in Africa (WRF2020), which […]