New National E-waste Monitor highlights Kenya’s growing circular economy opportunity

Ruediger Kuehr 1 week ago
Kenya generated an estimated 56,000 tonnes of electronic waste in 2025—more than seven times the amount recorded in 2000. Read More

Dutch WEEE collection continues to improve, but major leakage flows remain

Ruediger Kuehr 2 weeks ago
The Netherlands formally collected and treated 255,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in 2024 — Read More

FutuRaM Final Event: advancing critical raw materials recovery on 27 May 2026 in Brussels

Ruediger Kuehr 4 months ago
The FutuRaM project will host its Final Event on 27 May 2026 at the Novotel Brussels City Centre in... Read More

By 2050 Europe’s waste could supply over half of critical material demand: key findings from the FutuRaM Final Report

Ruediger Kuehr 4 months ago
The FutuRaM Final Report presents the most comprehensive assessment to date of Europe’s “urban mine” — Read More

New Urban Mine Platform Provides Data on Secondary and Critical Raw Materials in Europe

Ruediger Kuehr 6 months ago
The FutuRaM project has developed the Secondary Raw Materials Knowledge Base, providing new insights into the availability Read More

E-waste Statistics Guidelines Third Edition 2026

Ruediger Kuehr 7 months ago
E-waste Statistics Guidelines Third Edition: strengthening global measurement and reporting of e-waste statistics. Read More

UNEP and UNITAR Statistical Guideline for Measuring Flows of Plastic throughout the Life Cycle

Ruediger Kuehr 8 months ago
This Statistical Guideline aims to address the lack of a detailed, globally agreed statistical methodology for measuring plastic flows... Read More

2025 International Workshop Series on E-waste Statistics: Bangkok, Thailand

Ruediger Kuehr 10 months ago
The final installment of the 2025 International Workshop Series on E-waste Statistics was held in October in Bangkok, Thailand. Read More

Urban Mine Platform launched: FutuRaM introduces new data hub for secondary, critical, and strategic raw materials

Ruediger Kuehr 10 months ago
The Urban Mine Platform, one of the key outputs of the Horizon Europe project FutuRaM, has been officially launched during Raw Materials... Read More

2025 International Workshop Series on E-waste Statistics: Nairobi, Kenya

Ruediger Kuehr 10 months ago
In April 2025, the UNITAR SCYCLE team was in Nairobi, Kenya, delivering a training on electronic waste (e-waste) statistics, Read More