Hello,

I'm not expert but just very interested by this topic. I think what ever the aspect you are considering (economic, social, technologic..) it depend too much on "where you are". A work done in Japan can't be applied in Kenya, even the way to deal with the problem can be really different (just hypothesis).

I think the best starting point would be to check what aspect you can have (or problem you can find) in your particular situation. For exemple how to collect, how to treat, how to deal with the population, etc..For this you need to know how the other systems work around you (how the trash are collected, what technologies you have acces to, etc..).

I saw many problems based on the fact that we tried to apply "a situation" in a context without dealing with the local need. That is why I'm saying that, it's just an idea.

Good luck

Dear Taratisio,

there are several activities in the EU in this regard, especially just recently was a tender, which targeted the e-waste in the Western Balkans. When I prepared the technical offer I made a search and found out about Balkans E-Waste Management Advocacy Network – BEWMAN, where was also published a report, which I attach here. Maybe you can take some indications from the documents attached.

Best regards,

Petra

I can get you some information on the increasing volumes of e-waste to help you build further on the case for Kenya, especially in urban settings. There is an increasing number of handlers of e-waste in Nairobi, some of which compensate owners with modest payments in exchange for their old electronic devices. Interviewing these agents can yield more information on the challenges they encounter and how they make use of the e-waste. 

Recently, I reviewed the matter (cf. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag, 2014).  

Unfortunately, I did not have Africa in my mind, yet encountered Swiss (Sweden) and Swedish studies (Naturvardsverket) in a low tech environment.

Adero, let me wait for that information. Thanks alfons for the contribution.

Interesting question that requires us to consider many variations of the principles of reuse and recycling. This link from ewasteguide.info provides some information on case studies of e waste management systems from different parts of the world.

http://ewasteguide.info/ewaste/case-studies

Hi, Taratisio Ndwiga; Following links may be useful for you.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925505000466

http://wmr.sagepub.com/content/24/1/92.short

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344910000479

http://wmr.sagepub.com/content/25/6/489.short

Thanks

Thanks Sarwan for your contribution.

I thanks all the contributors to my question.

 am currently working on recycling of e-waste