WEEE Incentives Mapping
The WEEE Incentive Mapping project was undertaken in order to identify and share all available incentives, accelerators, incubators, and related support programmes that exist in South Africa that are applicable to the WEEE recycling industry. This research aims to bolster the WEEE sector by highlighting tangible support programmes that can be leveraged by industry stakeholders. […]
Applying R-Strategies to Identify High-Impact Electronic Waste Solutions
Mismanaged electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) bears significant social and environmental risks in South Africa. Hazardous substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium and toxic plastic additives pose serious potential health risks for people and the environment. The ‘R-Strategies’ are an extension of the age-old idiom ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ to include more specific ‘R’ words such as […]
