Tools & Models

GOGLA: E-waste Toolkit

StEP: Business Plan Calculation Tool

Basel Convention: E-waste Inspection and Enforcement Toolkit

EWIT: E-Waste Implementation Toolkit

Policy

Africa Clean Energy: E-Waste Policy Handbook

StEP: Developing Legislative Principles for e-Waste Policy in Developing and Emerging Countries

General e-waste management and status

UNU: Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Quantities, Flows, and the Circular Economy Potential

StEP White Paper: Recommendations for Standards Development for Collection, Storage, Transport and Treatment of E-waste

Efficiency for Access:

Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Market Scoping Report

Sustainable Solar E-Waste and Battery Technology Management: A Qualitative Study of Off-Grid Solar Markets Across Uganda and Senegal

Solar E-Waste Management: Best Practices for the Off-Grid Sector Workshop Report

Evidence on Demand: Electronics waste impacts and mitigation options in the off grid renewable energy sector

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition: Towards a Just and Sustainable Solar Industry

UNEP: Africa Waste Management Outlook (unep.org)

Duke University: Off-Grid Solar E-Waste: Impacts & Solutions in East Africa

Repair, refurbishment & circular economy

Lighting Global Eco Design Note, Issue 6: Renewable Energy Product Repair, Part 1 Overview

Lighting Global Eco Design Note, Issue 7: Product Repair Part II: Manufacturer Best Practices

Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Consumer Electronics: An Initial Exploration

PACE: A New Circular Vision for Electronics Time for a Global Reboot

Recycling

GOGLA: Industry Opinion on Lifecycle and Recycling 2014

Science Direct: E-waste Recycling in Africa: Risks and Opportunities.

UN: Assembly Agrees Resolution on Lead Battery Recycling in Africa

Informal sector engagement

StEP: Partnerships between the Informal and the Formal Sector for Sustainable e-Waste Management

Basel Convention: Resources, Conservation and Recycling: A Model for Partnering with the Informal e-Waste Industry: Rationale, Principles and a Case Study

Equipment/component handling & hazardous substances

Lighting Global Eco Design Note: Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Pico-powered Lighting Products

Lighting Global Eco Design Note: Battery Toxicity and Eco Product Design

StEP: Leaded Glass from Cathode Ray Tubes: A Critical Review of Recycling and Disposal Options

IRENA End-of-Life Management: Solar Photovoltaic Panels

UNEP: Lead Acid Batteries: Promoting the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Lead Acid Batteries

Öko-Institute: Generation of Used Lead-acid Batteries in Africa – Estimating the Volumes

Articles

GOGLA: E-waste Festival Summary Report 2019

Next Billion: Solving the Problem of Renewable Energy Waste: A Circular Economy Approach to Sustainable Batteries

Sun-Connect: Circular Economy: Moving Africa towards Environmental Sustainability

UNEP: Turning e-Waste into Gold: the Untapped Potential of African landfills

World Bank: Batteries Can Help Renewables Reach Full Potential in Africa

Africa Times: In Oslo, EV Makers Pressed to Consider DR Congo Mining Practices

Academic writing

Batteiger, Alexander. 2015. ‘Towards a Waste Management System for Solar Home Systems in Bangladesh’. In Decentralized Solutions for Developing Economies, 133–40. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham.

Cross, Jamie, and Declan Murray. 2018. ‘The Afterlives of Solar Power: Waste and Repair off the Grid in Kenya’. Energy Research & Social Science 44 (October): 100–109.

Fthenakis, Vasilis M. 2000. ‘End-of-Life Management and Recycling of PV Modules’. Energy Policy, The viability of solar photovoltaics, 28 (14): 1051–58.

Andreas Manhart, T.A., Gilbert Kuepouo, Diana Mathai, Silvani Mng’Anya, & Schleicher, T. 2016. The deadly business – Findings from the Lead Recycling Africa Project. Oeko-Institut e.V., Merzhauser Str. 173, 79100 Freiburg, Germany. May 2016.

Useful Websites

StEP (solving the e-waste problem) Initiative

Global e-Waste Statistics Partnership (GESP)

Sustainable Inclusive Business Kenya

Efficiency for Access Coalition

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

International Energy Agency (IEA)

The materials in this e-waste toolkit have been developed for EEP Africa’s portfolio in partnership with CLASP, an international organization improving the energy and environmental performance of the appliances and equipment we use every day.