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. Embedded in the global Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI) programme (2020-2023), the collaboration shall untap the economic opportunities while ensuring that environmental integrity and human health […]
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 launched in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The West African country is confronted with more than 90,000 tons of POPs containing waste each year. The World Resources […]
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 in an environmentally and socially appropriate manner. The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS), together with its partners the European Institute for […]
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 for coordination and collaboration on United Nations system-wide support for e-waste management. The signatories include UN Environment, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations University […]