🌍 How do we ensure digital growth doesn’t lead to more waste? SCYCLE - Sustainable Cycles joined the 8th UN Trade and Development Expert Meeting on E-Commerce & the Digital Economy to talk about digital-related waste, trade, and circular solutions. 📄 Read more: unctad.org/system/files/o…

📊 Following the validation workshop in Astana, we met with Kazakhstan’s National Bureau of Statistics to explore how SCYCLE - Sustainable Cycles can support the Bureau with stronger e-waste data systems and evidence-based policymaking. Accurate data = smarter circular solutions! ♻️

Continuing our work with Kazakhstan’s Bureau of Statistics under the GEF project – for better #ewaste data and stronger evidence-based #policy. SCYCLE - Sustainable Cycles also met with the Ministry of Ecology to coordinate actions on environmental data. 🤝 #DataForPolicy #CircularEconomy

📍 From Astana to Johannesburg – the dialogue continues! This week’s SADC-GEM meeting brought together 6 countries + partners to validate the project on circular electronics in Southern Africa. ♻️ Less e-waste, smarter materials, longer product life.

🌿 On #BiodiversityDay, let’s not forget #ewaste. Poor e-waste management pollutes ecosystems. Circular solutions like repair, reuse & recycling protect nature and health. SCYCLE - Sustainable Cycles offers tools to support this shift: 👉 academy-ce.info

🔜 SCYCLE is heading to the ITAD & Circular Electronics Conference! 📍 Messe Frankfurt | 📅 11–12 June Join us as our colleagues will share the latest highlights from SCYCLE’ work – including new results from FutuRaM Project ⬇️ itad-expo.com

📢 Last-minute call for those working on circular policies and digital innovation. Join SYMBA Bootcamp to learn how local and regional strategies can accelerate industrial symbiosis. 🗓️ 𝟐𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 🕐 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌 - 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 📍 Online  symbaproject.eu/event/symba-bo…

👀 Snapshots from behind the scenes Over the past few days, UNITAR held its internal strategic retreat in Geneva – bringing together teams to reflect, align, and plan for the future. From training to innovation, the goal is one: to deliver even more impact in the years ahead.

Today at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, global leaders and institutions endorsed the Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI for the #SDGs. This is a major step forward for AI and sustainable development. 🤝 Bundesentwicklungsministerium Read more: go.undp.org/UWW #HSC25

Africa generates 2.5M tonnes of #ewaste yearly – much of it informally processed. Valuable materials lost, toxic risks high. The Global E-waste Monitor & African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) both point to the urgent need and potential for change. 🔗 academy-ce.info 📘 acetforafrica.org/research-and-a…

📊 Critical raw materials in e-waste are rising – from 1M tonnes in 2022 to up to 1.8M by 2050. At #EwasteExpo in Frankfurt, SCYCLE shared this and other FutuRaM Project early findings on critical raw materials. Join us as a stakeholder to stay updated: futuram.eu/get-involved/

📍 In Oslo this week, we joined the CE-RISE Project meeting to review progress and held a workshop on training materials for Digital Product Passports and the CE-RISE Info System together with WEEE Forum. 🤝 Strong collaboration, clear goals ahead. 🔗 ce-rise.eu/about/

🌍 At #HSC25, global finance, AI ethics & the circular economy came together. We joined changemakers to share our work & connect for sustainable solutions. Thanks to Bundesentwicklungsministerium, UN Development, City of Hamburg & Michael Otto Foundation for making it happen. 🔗 sustainability-conference.org/en/

♻️ Another highlight from #EWasteWorld conference: We moderated a panel on keeping metals in the loop – focusing on challenges in recycling, needed policy and tech shifts, and practical takeaways for stronger circular systems. 🗓️ Full agenda: ewaste-expo.com/conference-age…

📱 Would you trust a remanufactured phone? Help us understand what drives trust in circular electronics. Take this 5-min survey by CE-RISE Project: shorturl.at/Xi43V 🔗 More on the project: ce-rise.eu

📊 New report: International Workshop Series on E-waste Statistics In April, UN Environment Programme & UNITAR brought together Kenyan institutions to build capacity on collecting #ewaste data to help track progress on #SDGs and #circulareconomy goals. 📄 Read the report: wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.…

🔎 How do we build a circular solar PV industry? As part of EVERPV project, SCYCLE - Sustainable Cycles team is: 🔹 Mapping market potential & future waste streams 🔹 Assessing recycling tech 🔹 Carrying out case studies to pinpoint barriers & impacts 📄 https:/linkcuts.org/ku3iuhp3

🔔 Save the date: CE-RISE Project Annual Event in Geneva! How can #DigitalProductPassports support circularity across industries? Join us on 1 Sept for case studies, insights & global perspectives on DPPs. 📍Geneva l ⏰ 14:45-18:00 Register ⬇️ tickettailor.com/events/weeefor…

♻️ Want to help shape Europe’s circular future? Join the United Circles Project EU Stakeholder Community to connect across sectors, share ideas, and co-create circular solutions that work for people and the planet. Learn more ⬇️ unitedcircles.eu/stakeholders-c…

🌍 It's #WorldYouthSkillsDay! Looking to make a difference through learning? Try UNITAR free 2-hour e-course "How to Prevent E-Waste?" - explore impacts, solutions & your role in a circular future - with a certificate upon completion! Start here 👇 academy-ce.info/e-learning/