With our growing appetite for electrical and electronic products, combined with rapid innovation and ever-shorter product lifespans, e-waste has now become one of the fastest growing waste streams.
This MOOC will help you to understand why and how we must manage e-waste in an environmentally sound manner and how you can take action on e-waste in your own life, business, or organization.
The aims of the course are to:
- Show how sound management of e-waste can help reduce GHG emissions and prevent hazards to health and the environment in accordance with the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions
- Share best practices, technological innovations, and sustainable e-waste recovery and recycling business models.
- Explore how the value in e-waste can be extracted in a way that supports the local economy and protects people’s health and the environment.
More information here.