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 […]
MOOC Launched by UN and Partners to Galvanise Action for Managing Hazardous E-waste
Geneva, 18 February 2020 It is estimated that, by 2050, there will be about 120 million metric tonnes of e-waste produced per year, far-outstripping current capacities to properly manage it […]
The UN is Building an E-waste Coalition
Geneva, 21 March 2018 The organisations from the United Nations system that are most active in addressing the global electronic waste challenge, have signed a Letter of Intent paving the way […]
