Eurometaux: Safe and sustainable urban mining: How can Europe address the e-waste pollution challenge?

Join us at this partner event of the EU Green Week! We will debate how Europe can do more to reduce the pollution from its electronics waste both domestically and in developing countries.

The safe and sustainable recycling of electronics waste and batteries is important for keeping valuable materials in use and avoiding environmental and health impacts that arise from their improper treatment.

The European recycling value chain can play an important role in collecting, sorting and efficiently recycling materials from Europe’s consumer electronics.
Policymakers and industry must also explore how Europe can work to support better recycling systems in the destination countries for its waste leakage.

This will be important in reducing Europe’s overall pollution footprint, both domestically and on a global level.