Information

The Problem with E-Waste

E-Waste Information @ World Health Organization (WHO)

Health Effects of Exposure to E-Waste'

Step e-waste world map

A Plastic Planet

Periodicals

Global E-Waste Monitor Report

Institutions

~ International organizations, conventions & initiatives ~

Basel Convention

     eWaste

Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI)

Nairobi Declaration

    · Full title: Nairobi Declaration on the Environmentally Sound Management of Electrical    

      and Electronic Waste (2006)

Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) @ EEC

E-Waste and Child Health Initiative @ WHO

E-Stewards Certification Initiative

     • Seeks to promote environmentally friendly recycling practices in businesses worldwide.

R2 Standard

UNIDO

     Regional Cooperation on E-Waste Management in Latin-American Countries

UNITAR

     Global E-waste Statistics Partnership

Solving the E-Waste Problem Initiative (StEP)

     • serves as a great nexus to learn more about the StEP initiatives and similar initiatives who partner with StEP

~ US government ~

US Congress: H.R. 917

     · A bill to "control the export of electronic waste in order to ensure that such waste does not

       become the source of counterfeit goods that may reenter military and civilian electronics

       supply chains in the United States, and for other purposes."

Sustainable Management of Electronics @ USEPA

_ Professional associations ~

International E-Waste Management Netwrk (IEMN)

UN International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)

     • "...works with developing countries to implement sustainable solutions to environmental challenges, with focus on holistic waste management."

~ NGOs ~

Basel Action Network (BAN)

    E-Trash Transparency Project

    EarthEye

Greenpeace

     · Green electronics

     · 2017 Guide to Greener Electronics

Southern African E-Waste Alliance (SAEWA)

Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI)

Pure Earth E-Waste Recycling in Ghana

~ Companies ~

Apple ⇾  Environment

CircleIT

Sustainable materials management hub > Specific & materials pollutants >

This page focuses on the management of electronic equipment, the final stage of which all too often results in electronic waste—or "e-waste"—that consists of used pieces of electronic equipment that are discarded or recycled in an environmentally damaging manner. Minimizing e-waste is a core component of sustainable management of electronics.