E-waste Management in the Arab Region: Status and Opportunities

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E-squander Management in the Arab Region: Status and Opportunities Hossam Allam, Ph.D. Territorial Program Manager Strategic Concerns Program Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe

Current Consumption Rates Patterns Two planets are required by 2050 2002 2100 1900 2050

ICT Industry in the Arab Region Mobile telephone endorsers (MPS) in the Arab nations - ITU Statistics 2009 Internet clients in the Arab nations - ITU Statistics 2009

Challenges Volumes Increasing offers of EEE, diminishing lifetimes ~40M tons e-squander created overall EU in 2007: ~2.5M tones reused, 8.3 - 9.1M tons produced (EMPA) Material Content Valuable and vitality escalated valuable metals Toxic materials

Environmental & word related security issues Ramifications: Toxic outflows from blazing Soil & water tainting from substance transfer Inefficient recuperation of valuable metals StEP – SOLVING THE E-WASTE PROBLEM

Some Facts One ton of reused PDAs can create up to 230 grams of gold More than 70% of a cell phone can be reused. Current mass of telephones being reused is just around 0.001-0.003% of the aggregate weight of waste electronic hardware every year.

Electronic Waste Life Cycle

E-squander Management Activities Survey in the Arab States National Authorities Private Sector Enterprises NGOs Non-Arab Enterprises

E-squander Management Activities in the Arab Countries

E-squander Management Activities Algeria Assessment of E-Waste and E-Waste Recycling Facilities 2006 – 07, BCRC Egypt: MCIT and MoE: propelling "Green ICT" Initiative Egyptian Electronic Recycling Co. (EERC) is the primary electronic gear reusing office in Egypt Spear Ink is a pioneer in inkjet and toner ecological neighborly refilling and remanufacturing

E-squander Management Activities Jordan UNEP/Basel-PACE: Recycling of utilized PCs Assessment of E-Waste and E-Waste Recycling Facilities, 2006 – 2007, BCRC Project of re-utilizing PCs, Jordan Environment Society (JES) Morocco Managem and CMPP: E-squander treatment plant Managem , CMPP, and Al-Jisr : "GREEN CHIP" Project for accumulation of utilized computerized hardware and E-squander reusing Assessment of the ebb and flow circumstance in Morocco CMMP, DSF, EMPA, 2007

E-squander Management Activities Syria Temporary E-squander transfer office (2007) Tunisia Recycling office is working, Anged Collection and exchange of E-waste with a limit of 1000 tons/year Yemen Proposed extend for ordering an E-squander/Inventory(2011)

Potential Areas of Cooperation Enhance Awareness E-squander Status: Quantity and Type Establishing Legal Framework Pilot Projects Sustainable Business Solutions and Infrastructure

Potential Partners: National Authorities Bahrain: Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife Egypt: Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of ICT Iraq: Ministry of Communication Jordan: Ministry of Environment Kuwait: Environment Public Authority Syria: Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs Yemen: Ministry of Water and Environment, Environment Protection Authority National Cleaner Production Centers: Egypt and Lebanon

Potential Partners: Private Sector Egyptian Electronic Recycling Co. (EERC) - Egypt Spear Ink – Egypt CID Consulting - Egypt Mobinil - Egypt Managem - Morocco IBM - Germany Nokia - International QTEL - Qatar Umicore - Belgium AER Worldwide Masdar - UAE

Potential Partners: Arab NGOs The Royal Marine Conservation Society (JREDS) – Jordan Environment Society (JES), Jordan Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center - Jordan Environment Society of Oman Al-Jisr Association – Morocco CMPP - Morocco RECYCLE IT – Bahrain Spirit of Youth – Egypt Egyptian Association for Scientific and Technical Experts Jawwal

Potential Partners: Non-Arab Organizations EMPA GTZ Austrian Society for Systems Engineering and Automation World Bank UNEP

E-squander Management Program Work Package 1: Rapid Assessment of E-waste in the Arab Region Work Package 2: Establish Multi-partner Partnership for E-squander Management Work Package 3: Implement Awareness Campaign about E-squander Threats and Opportunities Work Package 4: Develop and Enhance capacities with regards to Environmental Friendly E-squander administration System Work Package 5: Establish E-squander Recycle Trading System

CEDARE's E-Waste Activities Knowledge Sharing and exchange StEP Initiative: Regional Focal Point for Middle East and North Africa E-squander Management Forum E-squander 2009: 9-10 February 2009, Cairo, Egypt E-squander 2010: 23-24 November 2010, Marrakech, Morocco E-squander 2011: 22-23 May 2011, Alexandria, Egypt (TBC) E-squander Assessment E-squander Management Practices in the Arab Region (CEDARE and UNEP) 2008 – 2010 CEDARE and EMPA Team for E-squander Assessment

CEDARE's E-Waste Activities Capacity Building E-Learning Course: Introduction on E-squander Management (elearningserver.cedare.int) E-Learning Course: How to make accumulation and disassembling focus (2011) Technical Assistance Provide ability to legislative associations and ICT private division endeavors.

Thank you hallam@cedare.int