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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Video published about the use of forensic data for cases of waste trafficking
To explain how the “Forensic Data Analysis for Waste Trafficking Tool” published by the WasteForce project works, an instruction video
Laptops, Cell Phones, eGamesDefied Slump as COVID-19 Dented 2020’s Electronics Sale
Foreseen drop in 2020 sales-related e-waste : 4.9 million metric tonnes or ~6.4%; Pandemic intensified digital divide between high, middle
E-waste Data and Statistics in Malawi
In the context of the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP), SCYCLE is partnering with ITU to support Malawi in conducting
E-waste Data and Statistics in Namibia
Within the context of the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP), SCYCLE is partnering with ITU to support Namibia in developing
Regional E-waste Monitor for the Arab Region
Within the framework of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Arab Regional Initiative on Environment, climate change, and emergency telecommunications, SCYCLE
The Dutch WEEE Flows 2020: What happened between 2010 and 2018?
“The Dutch WEEE Flows 2020: What happened between 2010 and 2018?” quantifies the 2018 Dutch WEEE Flows in 2018 manner
EU-28, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland collect and report 55% of WEEE
UNITAR/United Nations University present an in-depth review on the WEEE Collection Rates in the EU-28, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, which
Future of Electric Vehicles and Material Resources: A Foresight Brief by SCYCLE and UNEP/IETC
Electric vehicles (EVs) offer an opportunity to replace fossil fuels in the transport sector. Electrification of the transport sector can
