Organisation Name:
ITU
Organisation website:
City:
Geneva
Country:
Switzerland
Date(s):
14th October, 25th October
Activities:
From the Standards Bureau, we will be hosting 14th Symposium on ICTs, Environment, Climate Change and Circular Economy on the 25th of October.
Organisation Name:
UNEP/BRS Secretariat
Organisation website:
Activity website:
Social:
City:
Geneva
Country:
Switzerland
Date(s):
14 October 2022 and tbc for the online event
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Business campaign Internet news
A new feature/article will be released on the theme of International E-waste Day and the Basel Convention developments.
The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Central and Eastern Europe in Slovakia, will organize a webinar on the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on transboundary movements of e-waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular on the distinction between waste and non waste under the Basel Convention. The webinar will be organized on 14 October, at 10 am (CEST).
A public event will be organized online to raise awareness of the e-waste amendments adopted by the Basel Convention Parties at the fifteenth meeting, by the BRS Secretariat (tbc).
Organisation Name:
UNITAR
Organisation website:
Activity website:
City:
Geneva
Country:
Switzerland
Date(s):
Launch 14 October 2022
Activities:
E-learning course
Geared towards younger people, who are most likely to generate e-waste, the course aims to create change agents, able to act and promote the e-waste prevention.
The 2-hour course is user-friendly, consumer-focused, solution-oriented. After a course introductory module, the course takes learners through the main approaches for tackling e-waste from least desired to most preferred, as follows: 2) recycling, 3) reuse & repair, and 4) reduction.
The course is a collaboration between the UN Institute for Training and Research and the Sustainable Cycle programme.
Enroll to become e-waste literate today!
Organisation Name:
European Electronics Recyclers Association
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Hapert
Countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Date(s):
July - October
Activities:
Members Photo Competition
Between now and the 6th September we have asked Members to take a look around their facilities, or local municipal collection sites or locality etc. to find good examples of old / unusual small WEEE.
The entries will be considered by the Board and the winners announced at our Members Meeting on 4th Oct. and the winning photos shared on our Social Media on the 14th Oct to celebrate the Int. E-WASTE event.
Our Members operate over 800 E-WASTE re-use and treatment facilities in twenty-two countries across the continent of Europe.
Organisation Name:
Circular Electronics Partnership
Organisation website:
Social:
City:
Geneva
Country:
Switzerland
Date(s):
10-14 October
Activities:
Public Campaign - Social media, Public Campaign - Internet news
To raise awareness about International E-Waste Day and the importance of keeping even the smallest electronic products in circulation, CEP will launch a communications campaign through our existing channels, including social media, website and email.
About
The WEEE Forum a.i.s.b.l. is an international association representing 51 producer responsibility organisations across the globe. Together with our members, we are at the forefront of turning the extended producer responsibility principle into an effective electronic waste management policy approach through our combined knowledge of the technical, business and operational aspects of collection, logistics, de-pollution, processing, preparing for reuse and reporting of e-waste. Our mission is to be the world’s foremost e-waste competence centre excelling in the implementation of the circularity principle.
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