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UNU-Hosted SCYCLE Programme Moving to UNITAR
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
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
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
SCYCLE authors substantially contributed to the recently published Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook (Elsevier—Woodhead Publishing Series) and to Waste:
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