Dans ce webinaire, organisé par l'Institut de Wuppertal pour l'environnement, le climat et l'énergie avec UN-Habitat (Campagne pour une ville sage en matière de déchets) dans le cadre du projet Urban Pathways, financé par l'Initiative internationale pour le climat (IKI) du ministère allemand de l'environnement, nous voulons discuter de différentes solutions pour le traitement des […]
During the first webinar four factsheets on lithium-ion batteries identifying synergies between e-waste, electric mobility and energy will be presented. The factsheets cover the four segments of the end-of-life management of electric vehicle batteries: initial battery design, re-purposing in energy storage systems, refurbishing, and recycling. This workshop will be the opportunity to launch the papers […]
Practitioners from Kenya and Brazil will talk about what kind of e-waste they receive, how they treat it and where the outputs of their process go. The webinar is the first in a series of Deep Dives into selected waste management technologies, organized by UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Citiesinitiative, African Clean Cities Platform and the Wuppertal […]
Globally, the solid waste of 3 billion people is not managed in controlled facilities and therefore negatively impacting on the health of the surrounding communities as well as the environment. Assuming an average solid waste generation rate of 0.74 kilogram per person a day, this means that every day 2.2 million tonnes (2,200,000,000 kilograms) of […]