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Waste or Wealth

Waste or Wealth? KEEPING IN TOUCH NEED NOT COST THE EARTH … – and almost universal - source of electronic waste (e-waste), the recycling and safe disposal of mobile phones is … Waste or Wealth …
19 Jun 2026 Document

E-Waste under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

… E-Waste under the Basel Convention on the Control of … and Trade www.brsmeas.org @brsmeas 1 The global waste sector valued at at least USD 410 billion a year, takes … and sound management; Thirdly, trafficking in hazardous waste and chemicals by organized crime. Global Waste
19 Jun 2026 Document

E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project

… Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual 2E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual E-waste Inspection … E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Manual - Developed in the framework of the SBC E-waste Africa project …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

… The using again of fully functional equipment that is not waste, for the same purpose for which it was conceived, … wastes Wastes listed in Annex II to the Convention. Non-waste A substance or object that does not meet the definition of “waste”. Person who arranges the transport The natural or …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Environmentally sound management of used electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) in Asia-Pacific

… and end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) being exported to developing countries for the purpose … in 2002) recognized that the issue of the management of e-waste required urgent attention, particularly in the … developed a proposal for a pilot project on the ESM of e-waste. This proposal was welcomed with support when presented …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Technical guidelines: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls or polybrominated biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl

… PBDEs, and PCBs levels in hair of residents around e-waste disassembly sites in Zhejiang Province, China, and …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Supporting document on “The POP separation process in the recycling of WEEE” (EERA)

… Guidance document for POPs The recycling process of E-Waste. The recycling process of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is … Post-Consumer Recycled plastics that have reached End-of-Waste status and a fraction of non-recycled plastics, which …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)

… bodies and other surfaces, including in gardens and homes. Waste materials from lead processing can, if not treated and … the sulfuric acid electrolyte • treatment and disposal of waste The batteries are mechanically or manually broken up to … then piped into casting moulds (OSHA, 2002; UNEP, 2003). Waste from recycling is collected, treated and disposed of at …
19 Jun 2026 Document