How to prevent e-waste?

Can you imagine a world without e-waste? What will it look like? How do we achieve it? This course aims to inspire, as much as educate. It dares learners to co-create a better tomorrow through individual and joint action.

This course aims to inspire, as much as educate. It dares learners to co-create a better tomorrow through individual and joint action.

More specifically, by the end of the course learners will be able to:

Discuss what electronic waste is and the diverse impacts it has

Describe the role individuals, companies, and authorities play in reducing e-waste

Identify ways for consumers to support circularity, including by influencing

Highlight individual and community actions

1. The State of Play: An overview of the magnitude of the e-waste problem and its impact.

2. Recycling: This Module discusses challenges, opportunities, and best practices for e-waste recycling.

3. Reuse & Repair: Module 3 focuses on approaches to preparing and reusing electronic products so that their lifespan is prolonged

4. Reduce: Ideas around achieving a zero e-waste society through social, technological, business, and political innovation.

5. Wrap-up: This section hosts the final assessment test and additional resources.