Description: This year for IEWD, we will be publishing a thought paper with the WEEE Forum, GSMA and Sofies on the topic of Digital Solutions for a Circular Electronics Value Chain. This paper is the second thought paper that ITU and WEEE Forum have collaborated on for IEWD. To compliment the launch of the paper, we are also organizing a webinar around the topic of the paper.

IEWD will also mark the launch of the Generation Connect Global E-waste Iconathon competition that we are organizing with WEEE Forum and StEP. The E-waste Iconathon is an icon design contest that aims to raise awareness about the global e-waste issue and leverage the participation of youth globally. Young people of ages 18-24 are invited to participate and design a universal icon that signifies the importance of the take-back or collection of e-waste for recycling purposes. Registration opens on 14th of October 2021!

Description: Dissemination on this day of content on e-waste through UNEP social media channels to raise awareness.

Description: Blog article on the theme of IEWD and progress on e-waste activities under the Basel Convention
www.basel.int

Publication in in UN languages of:

• Guidance document on the environmentally sound management of used and end of life computing equipment;


• Guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment and repair of used computing equipment;


• Guideline on environmentally sound material recovery
  and recycling of end-of-life computing equipment;

Description: In cooperation with the WEEE Forum we want to show the level of knowledge of consumers worldwide regarding e-waste recycling. We want to illustrate that there are different levels of knowledge so we would like correct/positive answers alongside incorrect/negative answers.

The videos, filmed on the streets of different cities, will be compiled in a single short film divided into short sections (one per question).

Description:

 After more than 7000 collected Electro Recycling Bags in three month and in honor of International E-Waste Day, the Swiss Postal Service (Die Post) and SENS eRecycling are for the third time jointly launching a project for the collection of small appliances in private households.

We are testing a brand new bag that can be used multiple times to recycle or even reuse appliances, all picked up by the Swiss Postal Service and then fed to the specific channels by SENS eRecycling. We have defined several test regions for this third pilot – rural and urban, in different cantons in Switzerland, for the first time in the french speaking part.

Starting on October 14th, the collection for private households will be running for four months. The first step in the communication process is the sending out of a flyer containing a QR code for the order of the reusable Electro Bag. People then have the opportunity to dispose of their electronic waste or items for reuse by putting them  in the Electro Bag and the bag into their letter box. Die Post will then collect the bags and bring them to one of our recycling partners. In addition to schools and people within the test region, the media (press) will be informed. Furthermore, we are going to promote the project on our website and through social media. After the good results from 2020, we hope to further increase the convenience in collection as well as the collection rate. After this last pilot project, we plan to be able to define a new way of collection with the highest possible convenience for all private households. And, of course, we want to promote and raise awareness for International E-Waste Day.

Description: We will support the IEWD by sharing posts on our corporate and personal social media accounts.