ReduCE-waste: controlling e-waste imports into Tanzania

Ruediger Kuehr 3 weeks ago
The ReduCE-waste project (funded by the PREVENT Waste Alliance, an initiative of the German Federal Government) Read More

Electronic Waste Rising Five Times Faster than Documented E-waste Recycling: UN

Ruediger Kuehr 7 months ago
Geneva / Bonn – The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, Read More

The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Kyrgyzstan

Ruediger Kuehr 8 months ago
The National E-waste Monitor 2024 – Kyrgyzstan provides an assessment of statistics, legislation, and management infrastructure of e-waste in... Read More

Regional E-waste Monitor for the Western Balkans

Ruediger Kuehr 10 months ago
E-Waste landscape in Western Balkans: progress, obstacles, and recommendations for a more sustainable sector. Read More

UNITAR-SCYCLE calculates there is 9 billion kg of “invisible e-waste” globally

Ruediger Kuehr 12 months ago
This statistical briefing of UNITAR has been prepared supporting the media campaign of the International E-waste Day 2023, Read More

A gold mine in the trash

Ruediger Kuehr 1 year ago
This is how precious metals are saved from discarded appliances. Read More

In West Asia, 99.9% of e-waste is mismanaged and could double by 2050

Ruediger Kuehr 2 years ago
Beirut/Bonn, 30 March 2023 – A shift to a circular economy in West Asia would place 33 per cent... Read More

2050 Electronic and Electrical Waste Outlook in West Asia

Ruediger Kuehr 2 years ago
The joint UNEP-UNITAR 2050 Electronic and Electrical Waste Outlook in West Asia provides two contrasting future scenarios for Read More

Launch of project to optimise raw material reuse and recovery in electronic products

Ruediger Kuehr 2 years ago
Brussels, 1 March 2023 A consortium composed of leading experts representing the entire value chain of electronic products as... Read More

FutuRaM (Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials)

Ruediger Kuehr 2 years ago
FutuRaM (Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials) is an Horizon Europe funded project Read More