Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Reducing E-waste By Design, Standards, Business & Policy
EIT RawMaterials and Basel Convention Secretariat
This course explored how the issue of e-waste can be tackled from multiple angles, including eco-design, improved standards, and informed policy. Participants learned how to shift from a linear to a circular economy mindset and discovered practical tools they can use to prevent and reduce e-waste.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Massimo Gasparon
Director of the European Raw Materials Alliance
EIT RawMaterials
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Basel Convention Secretariat
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify ways to reduce e-waste generation by consumers, retailers, and producers.
- Explain how eco-design and good e-waste management advance sustainability goals and support a circular economy.
- Summarise how international conventions aim to protect health and stop illegal e-waste trade and dumping.
- Identify key standards and guidelines for environmentally sound management of various e-waste types.
- Identify key standards and guidelines for environmentally sound management of various e-waste types.
Syllabus
This course explores the global e-waste issue, its environmental and health impacts, and potential solutions. You will examine:
- E-waste prevention: Exploring eco-design principles, product longevity, and shifting to a circular economy model to reduce e-waste generation
- International conventions: Understanding the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions and their roles in regulating transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Policy instruments: Examining financial and regulatory tools like advance disposal fees, deposit-refund systems, landfill taxes, and extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes
- Standards and guidelines: Familiarising with international standards such as ITU-T Recommendations and guidelines from PACE and MPPI for environmentally sound management of e-waste
- Incentives for action: Identifying internal and external motivations for individuals, communities, and businesses to tackle the e-waste challenge
- Collection systems: Analysing various e-waste collection models, including retailer take-back programs, designated recyclers, and community-based initiatives
- Transboundary movements: Understanding the complexities of e-waste definitions, hazardous waste classifications, and regulations governing international e-waste shipments
- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Recognising the dangers of POPs in e-waste, particularly in plastics, and the need for proper management and disposal
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Issued on 13th July 2026
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