United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP)
1 May 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb rising pollution, the waste of natural resources, and health problems associated with trashed electronics, announcing today a new agreement with the United Nations University.
A five-year, $2.5 million grant to UNU’s Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) will help authorities track shipments of North American e-waste and provide support to nations in both Africa and Asia coping with e-waste imports.
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