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E Waste Management – Uganda’s Journey

Forum on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste in Latin America Montevideo, Uruguay: 12 March, 2014. E Waste Management – Uganda’s Journey. Smart Sustainable Cities - 2014. Dickson Kwesiga Uganda Communications Commission. Current Status. The E-Waste Challenge

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E Waste Management – Uganda’s Journey

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  1. Forum on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste in Latin America Montevideo, Uruguay: 12 March, 2014 E Waste Management – Uganda’s Journey Smart Sustainable Cities - 2014 Dickson Kwesiga Uganda Communications Commission

  2. Current Status • The E-Waste Challenge • Knowledge, Attitudes & Perceptions • Policy and Legal Framework • Current Practices • Regulation at entry points • Regional Collaboration

  3. Current Practices

  4. Existing Facilities • Various Informal Recyclers • Uganda Cleaner Production Center • East African Compliant Recycling Facility (Nairobi) • WEEE Center (Nairobi, Kenya) • The E-waste Solutions Alliance for Africa (UK) – Pilot Project

  5. Subscriber Trends

  6. Key Challenges in Uganda • Rapidly increasing e-waste volumes • Limited studies about quantities of e-waste • Low level of awareness (& poor perceptions) among consumers • E-waste workers have little or no knowledge of toxins in e-waste

  7. Policy Strategies • Establishment of E-waste Management Infrastructure • Awareness and Education • Legal Framework • Human Resource Development • Resource Mobilization • E-Waste Fund

  8. Investments in Infrastructure • Carry out ongoing e-waste surveys and assessment of mass flows to inform e-waste management interventions • To establish and maintain a data base for imported and exported EEE • Initiate and implement pilot projects, for collection, recycling and treatment of e-waste • Facilitate formation of e-waste collection schemes through formalization, licensing & setting targets for each scheme • Provide training for e-waste scheme operators • Promote take- back systems with incentives for consumers • Promote EEE leasing for bulk consumers

  9. Investments in Infrastructure • Set up national modern dismantling and recovery facility in partnership with the private sector • Mainstream training in e-waste recovery and dismantling skills in technical institutions curriculum • Explore options for disposal of hazardous e-waste components, through treatment or sale to competent firms • Engage EEE producers and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in strategic partnerships, including buy back systems, extended producer responsibility and setting up recovery and dismantling facilities. • Participate in regional and international fora on best e-waste management practices

  10. Ongoing Policy Implementation • Feasibility study to establish volumes of E-waste • An e-waste management strategy was drafted • Plans are underway for the establishment of a manual E-waste dismantling plant • In collaboration with the E-waste Solutions Alliance for Africa UK, a pilot is underway for establishment of an E-waste collection system

  11. Thank You DICKSON KWESIGA

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