Description: Contacto en Medios works on a project to raise awareness about Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP), within e-waste, to prevent health and environmental issues in Mexico. Namely, Baja California, Jalisco and Ciudad de México, where most of the country's e-waste is generated.

Our project consists of regular publications, news conferences and social media content, among other activities, to ask those who possess e-waste to place them within authorized collection sites to prevent these type of waste reaching the environment to prevent emissions of POP. All the previous is done for a project coordinated by Mexican government authorities.

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The objective of the "I Latin American Forum on Circular Economy and RAEEs" is to sensitize the consumer public about the importance of not generating RAEEs, through the application of circularity strategies and circular business models to add value and increase the useful life of electrical and electronic equipment, which mainly contributes to meeting the goals of Sustainable Development Goals 12 "Responsible Consumption and Production" and 13 "Climate Action" of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, all under a analysis carried out by professionals with experience in the management of RAEEs in Latin America.

 

Description: The UNDP's Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (Residuos COP Project) Project in Mexico has a component aimed at e-waste, which seeks to improve this management to reduce potential POPs emissions. On the occasion of e-Waste day, we will participate in a webinar on electronic waste towards a circular economy with authorities, CSOs, and the Mexican Association of Electronic Waste Recyclers.

The Residuos COP Project will go out to the media to draw attention to the problems related to these materials and the importance of education and awareness to prevent them and promote their collection and proper collection and sound disposal

Description: In collaboration with Telefónica México, Movistar México and Reforestamos México A.C. we are realizing a national campaing named "Un Celular un árbol",  where for every collected and recycled smartphone, a tree will be planted on one of the famous flora and fauna protections areas of México, "El Nevado de Toluca". The goal is to plant 5250 trees  that will be cared by forestal community brigades for a span of 3 years.

The campaign seeks the companies and citizens to be aware of the necessity to be more sustainable, to make an appropriate management of e-waste, and fulfill the goal to reforest the equivalent of 15 soccer fields.

Besides that, we are launching a social media campaign to let people know about the International Ewaste day and how easy is to recycle their old electronics with our free collection program.