Publications
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Application of S-LCA: From artisanal mining to complex products
Lecture by Siddharth Prakash at the workshop on Practical Aspects of Social Life Cycle Assessment, Berlin, 25.05.2012
E-waste Africa Project - Impacts of current recycling practices and recommendations for collection and recycling
Lecture by Andreas Manhart at the Pan-African Summit on E-waste, 14.-16.03.2012, Nairobi
E-waste Africa Project - From Europe to West-Africa
Lecture by Andreas Manhart at the Pan-African Summit on E-waste, 14.-16.03.2012, Nairobi
Recycling critical raw materials from waste electronic equipment
The project`s aims are to produce a life cycle inventory of the occurrence of the critical raw materials in four selected groups of electronic devices – flat screens, LED lights, notebooks and smartphones – and to develop recycling…
Study on Land-Sourced Litter (LSL) in the marine environment
Review of sources and literature
The Oeko-Institut was commissioned to study existing literature, focusing its attention on three European seas, i.e. the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. All the available studies into land-sourced litter, i.e. litter…
E-Waste Africa Project
The results and findings presented in this publication have been generated in the framework of the Basel Convention E-waste Africa programme, which aims at enhancing the environmental governance of e-wastes and creating favourable social…
Social impacts of artisanal cobalt mining in Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Between 67,000 and 108,000 workers are involved in the extraction of cobalt in mostly unregistered mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They frequently work under dangerous conditions; fatal accidents are the order of the day.…
Rare Earths - a Bottleneck for future Wind Turbine Technologies?
Our colleague Dr. Matthias Buchert talked at the conference “Wind Turbine Supply Chain & Logistics” in August about the interlinkage between wind energy growth and rare earths demand.
Informal e-waste management in Lagos, Nigeria – socio-economic impacts and feasibility of international recycling co-operations
Component 3 of the UNEP SBC E-waste Africa Project
This study is integral part of the E-waste Africa Project and contains an in-depth socio-economic study on the functioning and the sustainability impacts of the informal EEE refurbishing and e-waste recycling sector in Lagos, as well as…
Study on Rare Earths and Their Recycling
Final Report for The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
The focus of this study for the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament lies on the development of a European strategy for a sustainable rare earth economy. It particularly addresses the recycling, the substitution and the efficient…
Application of rare earths in consumer electronics and challenges for recycling
The presentation “Application of rare earths in consumer electronics and challenges for recycling” was held by our colleague Ran Liu on the International Conference on Consumer Electronics on 8. September 2011, which focused on rare…
Flows of used and end-of life e-products from Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium
Component 1 of the UNEP SBC E-waste Africa Project
This study is integral part of the E-waste Africa Project. The aim of the research is to identify the principle pathways of used electronic and electric equipment (EEE) from Europe to West Africa as well as potential leakage points for…
Socio-economic assessment and feasibility study on sustainable e-waste management in Ghana
The E-waste Africa Project aims at enhancing environmental governance of e-waste and at creating favourable social and economic conditions for partnerships and small businesses in the recycling sector in Africa. In particular the project…
Eurometaux’s proposals for the Raw Materials Initiative
This report describes the concrete measures identified that should help to cope with the specific problems encountered by the NFM industry. For the non-ferrous metals industry, it is essential to establish the above-mentioned processes…
Critical Metals for Sustainable Technologies and their Recycling Potential
The focus of this study lies on future sustainable technologies (FST), such as renewable energies and energy efficient technologies, which will make use of indium (In), germanium (Ge), tantalum (Ta), PGM [platinum group metals, such as…
Study of the ozone depletion and global warming potentials associated with fridge recycling operations that involve the manual stripping of polyurethane insulation foam
In the present study, the average emissions associated with the manual disassembly of refrigeration appliances were determined solely during the manual dismantling phase. The emissions associated with the subsequent disposal phase will…
Emerging Economies
New challenges for international co-operation and development
The following research aims to elaborate on the manifold sustainability impacts resulting from the growth of emerging economies and developing countries, thus wanting to identify needs for research, development strategies and…
Key Social Impacts of Electronics Production and WEEE-Recycling in China
Undeniably, the electronics industry is highly relevant for the Chinese economy and seems to continue being important in the future. Nevertheless there are an ongoing discussions on the social and environmental sustainability of this…
Life cycle assessment of the treatment and recycling of refrigeration equipment containing CFCs and hydrocarbons (Final report)
This life cycle assessment (LCA) was commissioned by the RAL Quality Assurance Association for the Demanufacture of Refrigeration Equipment. Its objective is to make an ecological comparison of the different disposal channels for waste…