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World Environmental Day

• Weeecentre
• 02/06/2021
• 4 Comments

General message:

WEEE Centre is helping restore nature by our core operations – safe management of electronic waste. We are making sure it is collected and handled safely – not ending up contaminating air, soils and waters with chemicals, micro-plastics or heavy metals.

Read more about this year’s theme, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, on www.worldenvironmentday.global

#ewaste #worldenvironmentday #ecosystem #sustainability

Sunday-Sunday, 30/5-6/6
Social media Contest – WEEE Centre & Safaricom! Take a photo/video promoting safe e-waste handling and tag @safaricom @weeecentre  #ewaste #WorldenvironmentdayKenya
PRIZES
No 1: Visit at WEEE Centre with lunch (incl 2 friends) + Ksh 500 Airtime + WEEE Merchandise
No 2-10: Ksh 500 Airtime + WEEE Merchandise

Wednesday 2/6, 10.00-02.00
Inter Religious Council at WEEE Centre, partnering up for a longterm National sensitization and collection scheme.

Friday 4/6, 08.00-12.00
WEEE Centre at Kiota School Kilimani/Karen creating awareness and collecting e-waste from students/staff.

Saturday 5/6, 09.00-01.00
WEEE Centre participation in Kamukunji Environment Conservation Champions’ WED-event.
Collection of e-waste, awareness raising, tree-planting.

Friday 11/6, 02.00-03.00 PM
WEBINAR – “Restoring nature through safe E-waste management”
Our distinguished panel will discuss challenges and opportunities on following topics:

• E-waste management throughout Kenya
  • Possible collaborations for awareness raising?
  • How to create a win-win-win concept?
• Effects for people, planet and business
  • Eliminating health hazards
  • Enabling healing of nature
  • Sustainability for companies + CSR-value
• Efficient material resource usage – Circular Electronics
  • What does it take to pivot the linear system – bringing reuse into the value chain?
  • Circular design, new business models, “product as a service”, industrial symbiosis
• Upcoming legislation and strategies
  • What does producer’s responsibility mean?
  • How will the value chain be affected?

To Register for the WEBINAR Click here