Read our new E-waste Reports
Monitoring the quantities and flows of e-waste is essential for evaluating developments over time, and to set and assess targets towards a sustainable society and circular economy. The development of a recycling infrastructure, sound policies, and legal instruments are more efficiently implemented on the basis of sound e-waste data. Without a global, regional and national picture of e-waste, the true nature of e-waste challenge incl. collection and recycling rates, national and regional countermeasures, but also transboundary movements and, in some cases, illegal shipments will also be incomprehensible. Therefore SCYCLE is (co-)authoring studies, the so-called Monitors, along a widely approved and supported methodology – the E-waste Statistic Guidelines – see http://collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:6477/RZ_EWaste_Guidelines_LoRes.pdf
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International E-waste Day (IEWD) – Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is fundamental to Europe’s economy and daily life.
A most recent project report developed under the Horizon Europe funded FutuRam project (https://futuram.eu/)
ECOSWEEE Projects successfully completed
After having run twenty pilots across Europe in the past two years, the ECOSWEEE project, co-funded by the EU, has presented
Plastic monitoring with upcoming UNEP/UNITAR statistical guideline
As the world gathers momentum toward addressing plastic pollution through legally binding instruments, robust data is the backbone of impactful
The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Uzbekistan
The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Uzbekistan provides a detailed assessment of the current situation
ReduCE-waste: controlling e-waste imports into Tanzania
The ReduCE-waste project (funded by the PREVENT Waste Alliance, an initiative of the German Federal Government) supported the Tanzanian government
Electronic Waste Rising Five Times Faster than Documented E-waste Recycling: UN
Geneva / Bonn – The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, the
Regional E-waste Monitor for the Western Balkans
E-Waste landscape in Western Balkans: progress, obstacles, and recommendations for a more sustainable sector.
The National E-waste Monitor 2023 – Kazakhstan
The National E-waste Monitor 2023 – Kazakhstan provides an assessment of statistics, legislation, and management infrastructure of e-waste in Kazakhstan.
