E-WASTE ASSESSMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA - e-Waste. This guide

• Suggestion from participants to establish an E-Waste Forum, where the ICT industry and the recyclers could meet to solve mutualproblems. Perhaps this could be affiliated to the already established National Recycling Forum.Suggestions for the EMPA status quo investigation• Focus on computers or general e-waste (old and irreparable electrical goods, cell phones, games machines and all other electronicgoods)? The investigation will mainly follow the life cycles of computers because these can be considered as useful “tracer” for theentire e-waste stream.• It was suggested that the NRF could use its members to investigate the fate of the components of the e-waste stream, i.e. glass fromCRT units, precious metals from motherboards, plastic from the covers , keyboards and computer mice. The IWMSA could assist.• The CSIR has a recycler dealing with their waste; this avenue could be followed up relative to e-waste.• Scrap metal recovery and processing specialists attending the workshop offered to assist with contacts to the Non-Ferrous MetalIndustry Association, the Metal Recyclers Association, Foundry Manufacturing Association and the South African Iron and SteelInstitution.e-Waste Project (China) page 6/6