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…
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 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 authors substantially contributed to the recently published Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook (Elsevier—Woodhead Publishing Series) and to Waste:
Growing electronic waste (e-waste or WEEE) volumes from consumers are
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