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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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.
In West Asia, 99.9% of e-waste is mismanaged and could double by 2050
Beirut/Bonn, 30 March 2023 – A shift to a circular economy in West Asia would place 33 per cent less
Regional E-Waste Monitor Latin America 2022
The Regional E-waste Monitor for Latin-America 2022, results for the 13 countries participating in project UNIDO-GEF 5554 provides an assessment
First Dutch Battery Flows Monitor
UNITAR/United Nations University present an in-depth analysis of the portable battery waste flows in the Netherlands for 2019. The Netherlands
Monitoring Exports of used Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) from the Netherlands
“Monitoring Exports of used Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) from the Netherlands” An integrated method for monitoring exports for reuse