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24th UN Organization Joins UN Family in Bonn

23rd October 202028th October 2020

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Opens Office in Bonn, Germany

GREEN INDUSTRIAL POLICY:

14th July 202014th July 2020

PROMOTING COMPETITIVNESS AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION

Interview mit Rüdiger Kühr

6th July 20206th July 2020

Dr. Rüdiger Kühr, Mitautor der Studie Global E-Waste Monitor 2020 und Direktor des Programms für nachhaltige Kreisläufe

GLOBAL E-WASTE MONITOR 2020

3rd July 20206th July 2020

The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 provides the most comprehensive overview of the global e-waste challenge,

UNU Names Dr. Shen Xiaomeng as Next Vice-Rector in Europe and Director of UNU-EHS

2nd June 20203rd July 2020

Tokyo/Bonn, 27 May 2020 — The United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Shen Xiaomeng to the

Regional Training Workshop on E-waste Statistics in the CIS plus Georgia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine

21st April 20202nd June 2020

Moscow, Russia, 20-23 January 2020 – The Regional E-waste Monitor project in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) plus Georgia, Turkmenistan, and

Regional Training Workshop on E-waste Statistics in the Arab Region Tunis, Tunisia – 16-18 December 2019

31st March 202021st April 2020

In the framework of the E-waste Monitor in the Arab Region project, the SCYCLE Programme, ITU, and UNEP,

Official start of the STrIKE project!

31st March 202014th July 2020

Stronger Training and Increased Knowledge for Better Enforcement (STrIKE) – Waste & Mercury

First Dutch Battery Flows Monitor

31st March 20201st April 2020

The objective of this project is to provide well-evidenced quantitative information on portable battery

Behavioral Change for the Circular Economy

31st March 20201st April 2020

What is the role of consumer behavioral change in a circular economy?

Update and Maintenance of WEEE-Tools

31st March 20201st April 2020

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) – the Sustainable Cycles Programme (SCYCLE),

UNU-Hosted SCYCLE Programme Moving to UNITAR

9th October 20199th October 2019

Tokyo, Geneva, Bonn, 09 October 2019 ― The United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to…

StEP Initiative now an Association

9th October 20199th October 2019

1st Oct. 2019 After twelve years hosting by the SCYCLE Programme, the Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative has just become an official Association under Austrian law. This was mainly…

E-waste will double by 2050. Business-as-usual is not an option to cope with it: UN Initiative

17th September 20196th July 2020

E-waste is referred to as the world’s fastest growing solid waste stream. Since 2000, e-waste has grown from 20 million to 50 million tonnes per year.

SCYCLE Contributes to Recent Handbooks

17th September 201917th September 2019

SCYCLE authors substantially contributed to the recently published Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook (Elsevier—Woodhead Publishing Series) and to Waste: