Developing an e-waste implementation toolkit to support the recycling and the secondary raw material recovery strategy in metropolitan areas in Africa

Create a Partnership across Africa and Europe focused on delivering advancements in recycling as a key component of metropolitan areas’ waste management strategy, using e-waste as a pilot to build up a modern and effective reference model. We will maximize recycling opportunities in Africa to generate economic value, increase environment and health protection and protect current jobs while improving their effectiveness and working conditions. We will generate synergies between Africa and Europe related to technology transfer and e-waste flows monitoring and control, to minimize illegal export from Europe; exploit the available data on waste generated; define and develop the conditions and actions necessary to implement effective waste recycling systems in metropolitan areas; develop standards and benchmarks to improve the e-waste collection and materials recycling.