E-waste collection: best practices and lessons learned in Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago and in the European region, from PACE II pilot projects
Clara Mottura
Clara Mottura
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Event date 20 Oct 2023
Organization
UN Environment Programme- UNEP Basel Convention

In this session Basel Convention regional centres will present best practices and lessons learned in the collection of e-waste in countries of different regions. The presentations will introduce findings and tools developed in the context of PACE II pilot projects implemented in Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago and in the European region. This year’s theme is “You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable!” highlighting the issue of invisible e-waste - the electronic items that often go unrecognized and are not properly recycled within the appropriate waste stream. The International E-waste Day is a yearly awareness raising celebration initiated by the WEEE Forum and its members and takes place every year on 14th of October. It aims to highlight the growing issue of electronic waste and promote responsible e-waste management. The Partnership for Action on Challenges relating to E-waste (PACE II) participates in the celebrations with its members together with the WEEE Forum. 

Content

  • Opening remarks by Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary (or Deputy) of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions 

  • Setting the Scene: brief introduction of PACE II– Ms. Leila Devia, PACE II co-chair 
  • The E-waste Collection in Indonesia –– Mr. Dadan Wardhana - BCRC SEA and SCRC in Indonesia 
  • Collection of mobile phones in Trinidad and Tobago – the Hello campaign – Janine Boodram and Shalina Rooplal, BCRC in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Examples of good practice in e-waste collection and awareness raising campaigns - Mr. Martin Jakus - BCRC in Slovakia
  • Q&A with the participants

Background

The Partnership for Action on Challenges relating to E-waste, abbreviated PACE II is a multi-stakeholder partnership established to address the environmentally sound management of used and waste mobile phones, computing equipment, TV screens, audio and video equipment, refrigerators and cooling and heating equipment. The partnership members include representatives of equipment manufacturers, recyclers, international organizations, academia, environmental groups, municipalities, and governments. The Partnership was launched as a Follow-up partnership to the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, in 2019, at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and became PACE II at the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, when the scope and the terms of reference were adopted in decision BC-15/22 Part I.

Organizer: Organized by the Partnership for Action on Challenges relating to E-waste – PACE II

Working Language: English 

 
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