IN THE MEDIA
IN THE MEDIA
If you are a journalist, reporter, editor, or producer, we hope that you will find the links below to be helpful.
For further information or assistance, please contact a member of the UNU Office of Communications in Tokyo or connect with the UNU institute that covers your particular area of interest.
TV & Web
„Some samples of coverage of SCYCLE work in TV programmes“
Source: https://www.mitmischen.de
Interview in youth portal of the German Parliament mitmischen.de, the youth portal of the German Parliament (Bundestag) published an interview with the SCYCLE Director, Ruediger Kuehr.
Source: www.welt.de
„Ein Kumpel überredet mich andauernd, ein neues Handy zu kaufen”
Source: www.bild.de
Grüne fordern 25 Euro Pfand bei Kauf
Source: www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku
German ZDF prominently features SCYCLE work in 58min documentary about Germany’s waste.
Source: www.youtube.com
Le monde en face – Déchets électroniques, le grand détournement du mardi 19 février 2019
Source: www.youtube.com
Xenius – Elektroschrott | Dokumentarfilm [HD!]
Source: www.youtube.com
Estudio de la United Nations University evidencia que la basura electrónica incrementó en China
Source: www.youtube.com
Toxic Britain
Source: www.youtube.com
Tackling e-waste
Source: www.wdr.de/
Elektroschrott-Rätsel
Source: www.nos.nl
Tackling e-waste
RADIO
„Some samples of coverage of SCYCLE work in Radio programmes“
Source: www.youtube.com
GreenIsGood – Ruediger Kuehr – UNU-IAS SCYCLE & Step Initiative
Source: www.sr.de
“Wir hoffen auf technologische Quantensprünge”
Source: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
„Es ist ein lukratives Business“
PRESS RELEASES
Recent and archived UNU press releases.
MEDIA COVERAGE
UNU in the news; selected articles from the global press see here:
www.euronews.com/living/
We burn gold and platinum worth billions every year – what’s the real value of electronic waste?
https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/07/03/we-burn-gold-and-platinum-worth-billions-every-year-what-s-the-real-value-of-electronic-wa?jwsource=cl
Reuters, UK (via The Daily Mail)
Repair, refurbish, reuse: call to arms for electronics giants
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-6644169/Repair-refurbish-reuse-call-arms-electronics-giants.html
India Today, India
Do you know what happens to your discarded electronic wastes?
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/do-you-know-what-happens-to-your-discarded-electronic-wastes-1441034-2019-01-28
Spiegel, Germany
Weltbevölkerung produziert 50 Millionen Tonnen Elektroschrott – im Jahr
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/davos-uno-studie-warnt-vor-elektromuell-a-1249854.html
LaVanguardia, Spain
La ONU reclama acciones contra la plaga mundial de la basura electrónica
https://www.lavanguardia.com/natural/20190125/454292252661/la-onu-reclama-acciones-contra-la-plaga-mundial-de-la-basura-electronica.html
Heise Online, Germany
UN-Organisationen warnen vor Tsunami aus Elektronikschrott
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/UN-Organisationen-warnen-vor-Tsunami-aus-Elektronikschrott-4287355.html
Agence France Presse, France
War declared on world’s growing e-waste crisis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/war-declared-worlds-growing-e-waste-crisis-150503341.html
LaVanguardia | Vida
Spanish: ONU y Foro proponen una “economía circular” para la basura electrónica
https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20190124/454284563775/onu-y-foro-proponen-una-economia-circular-para-la-basura-electronica.html
Agencia EFE, Spain
Portuguese: ONU e Fórum Econômico Mundial propõem economia circular para lixo eletrônico
https://www.efe.com/efe/brasil/varios/onu-e-forum-economico-mundial-prop-em-economia-circular-para-lixo-eletronico/50000250-3877212
The Independent, UK
World throwing away £50bn of electrical waste every year, UN warns
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/electronic-waste-recycling-un-report-landfill-phones-minerals-world-economic-forum-davos-a8744371.html
The New York Times Magazine
World throwing away £50bn of electrical waste every year, UN warns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/magazine/e-waste-offers-an-economic-opportunity-as-well-as-toxicity.html