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UNIDOs involvement in E-waste management
UNIDO E-waste management UNIDO helps build and consolidate local capacities to promote sustainable e-
waste recycling industries, through the whole life cycle of electric and electronic devices, to recover efficiently valuable resources, while generating quality jobs
and caring about the environment and health.
Distribution&Consumption
CollectionPre-
ProcessingEnd-
ProcessingDisposal
• Supporting green industries that safeguard the environment and create quality jobs
• Promoting partnerships for knowledge exchange and technology transfer
• Helping countries develop their e-waste management systems and strategies based on the whole recycling chains and life-cycle
• Enhancing North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation and knowledge sharing
Key elements of UNIDOs e-waste management approach
1. Policy and legislation development or enhancement, including collection strategies and financing mechanisms
2. Detailed inventory of existing volumes and ongoing initiatives
3. Design of collection and processing schemes
4. Set-up / up-scale of national e-waste treatment options, including the establishment of sustainable business models
5. Connection to downstream markets on national, regional and international level in accordance with international conventions, e.g. Basel Convention
6. Capacity building, training and awareness-raising
UNIDO E-Waste management portfolioOngoing:
Uganda: Establishment of a manual dismantling facility for WEEE
Tanzania: Component on E-waste management (One UN Programme)
Ethiopia: E-waste Management Project
Cambodia: Creating job opportunities & effective e-waste management
Uganda - Establishment of a manual dismantling facility for WEEE
Baseline Situation Regulation: E-waste Policy ratified in 2012
Inventory: 300,000 installed PC (EMPA, 2008) – update under process
Collection: informal waste pickers (focus on plastics)
Recycling: No e-waste treatment facility in place
UNIDO project: to mainstream and disseminate environmentally sound management
solution for e-waste
to establish a pilot manual dismantling facility to demonstrate a sustainable
business opportunity for the collection and pre-processing of e-waste
Deliverables: Economic feasibility study
5 years Business Plan to set-up a facility
Tanzania – One UN Programme Baseline Situation
Regulation: No – under review
Inventory: 200,000 EoL PC (EMPA, 2011)
Collection: informal groups and individuals
Recycling: mostly storage; no formal facility in place
UNIDO project:
Stakeholder sensitization on e-waste Policy/ Strategy
Support to establish a sustainable e-waste mgmt. system
Deliverables:
Economic feasibility study
Assessment of four business involved in e-waste mgmt. – a joint
between a collector and a plastic recycler was selected in order to
be supported to set-up an e-waste treatment facility
Ethiopia – E-waste Management Project Baseline Situation
Regulation: No – under review
Inventory: 3,200t EOL PC (ÖkoInstitut & PAN Ethiopia,2013)
Collection: informal groups and individuals
Recycling: Akaki Demanufacturing and Refurbishment Facility
UNIDO project:
Establish national e-waste strategy
Enlargement of current operations in Akaki
Regional approach
Deliverables
Downstream market study
Collection Strategy
Financing Schme
Process optimization of Akaki DMF
Business Model for Akaki DMF
Pipeline projects
UN
Conventions
BusinessPlatforms
NGOs
Partnerships/ Networks
Thank you for your attention
Elisabeth HerbeckIndustrial Resource Efficiency Unit
Environment Branch
