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Further Readings
- Humanitarian E-Waste Network: cross-organizational technical working group on E-waste Reduction in Displacement Settings.
- What is E-waste?
- Strategies for e-waste managment
- Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Publications from Displacement Settings
- GIZ Energy Solutions in Displacement Settings (ESDS) (2021). Baseline Assessment on Electronic Waste Management and Extended Producer Responsibility in Displacement Settings in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda. https://energypedia.info/wiki/E-Waste_Reduction_in_Displacement_Settings
- GIZ ESDS (2020). Solar E-Waste Reduction in Displacement Settings.
- GPA & NORCAP (2021). Electronic Waste (E-waste) Management for Off-grid Solar Solutions in Displacement Settings. https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/e-waste/e-waste-mgmt-for-off-grid-solar-solutions-in-displacement-settings.pdf
Regulatory Framework
- E-Waste Legislative Framework Map
- List of policy and regulatory framework for e-waste in Southern and East Africa.
- E-waste Policy Handbook
- E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria
- GOGLA's webinar on E-waste Policy and Regulation
- CLASP (2022): Bending Toward Circular: Using Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes to Transition to Appliance Circular Economy. https://www.clasp.ngo/research/all/bending-toward-circular-using-extended-producer-responsibility-schemes-to-transition-to-appliance-circular-economy/
Toolkits
- GOGLA E-waste Toolkit
- GIZ (2019). E-Waste Training Manual. https://energypedia.info/images/5/55/E-Waste_Training_Manual.pdf
- E-waste Business Plan Calculation Tool
- EEP Africa E-waste Toolkit
Battery
Other Resources
- Off-grid solar waste in sub-Saharan Africa: Market dynamics, barriers to sustainability, and circular economy solutions
- Spear, Rowan, Cross, Jamie, Tait, Jeremy, Goyal, Richa., 2020. Pathway to Repair in the Global Off-grid Solar Sector. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Pathways-to-Repair-in-the-Global-Off-Grid-Solar-Sector_final.pdf
- Efficiency for Action (2021). Innovations and Lessons in Solar E-waste Management. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Clasp_EforA-SolarEWaste_5-May.pdf
- UNICEF (2020). A third of the world’s children poisoned by lead, new groundbreaking analysis says. https://www.unicef.org/rosa/press-releases/third-worlds-children-poisoned-lead-new-groundbreaking-analysis-says
- Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) & E-waste Coalition (2019). A New Circular Vision for Electronics: Time for a Global Reboot. https://www.weforum.org/reports/a-new-circular-vision-for-electronics-time-for-a-global-reboot
- CLASP (2019). Solar E-waste Market Scoping Report. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Solar-E-Waste-Market-Scoping-Report.pdf
- Duke University. Off-Grid Solar E-Waste: Impacts & Solutions in East Africa
