Integrated waste management in the modern cities

Presentation on the integrated waste management in the cities and urban mining.

Policy Brief of EWIT

Gestión Sostenible de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos en América Latina

Closing the loop operating guidelines

CWIT: A report on illegal WEEE trade

What to do with hazardous material in a Circular Economy – Temporary storage recommendations

Situations may occur where it is not immediately practicable to recycle hazardous e-waste items nor economically viable or legally possible to export the material to another location.  Such situations may arise for the following reasons, for example: Lack of suitable facilities locally/nationally to treat hazardous items; Insufficient quantity to warrant…

Information and forms in support of the implementation of the Basel Convention

Material flow analysis of e-waste in Johannesburg

The system in pictures: E-waste (total) (left), large household appliances (right) ICT (left), lamps (right) CFD (left), other (right) screens (left), small household appliances (right)   Data source: Pikitup Research & Strategy Div & Mintek Mineral Economics and Strategy Unit (MESU) The diagrams have been created with an open-source software…

Managing health & safety risks related to the manual handling of E-waste

A presentation by Margaret Bates from the University of Northampton describes potential hazards related to manual handling of the E-waste and gives a step-wise guide, how workers can protect themselves. The hazards are falling objects or projectiles, sharp objects, slips, trips & falls and sprains and strains while lifting objects. Read about…

Technical guideline of material flow analysis of electronic appliance producers and recyclers