Climate Action Through E-Waste Recycling

Climate Action Through E-Waste Recycling

Climate Action Through E-Waste Recycling — Supporting UN SDG 13

Electronic waste and climate change are inextricably linked. Improper disposal through open burning, uncontrolled incineration, or landfill releases persistent organic pollutants, black carbon, greenhouse gases, and toxic particulates into Bangladesh's atmosphere. Certified recycling eliminates these emissions at source.

UN SDG Alignment: SDG 13 — Climate Action: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. SDG 12 Target 12.4 — Achieve environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes.

The Climate Cost of Improper E-Waste Disposal: Open burning of e-waste cables releases dioxins, furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metal particulates — all persistent organic pollutants regulated under the Stockholm Convention, to which Bangladesh is a signatory.

The Climate Benefits EWaste Prime Delivers:
— Recycled copper requires 85% less energy than mined copper
— Recycled aluminium requires 95% less energy than primary aluminium
— Recycled gold from e-waste generates a fraction of the CO2 of gold mining
— CO2-equivalent avoidance calculations provided for corporate carbon accounting
— Contribution to Bangladesh's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement

EWaste Prime is Bangladesh's partner in making climate commitments actionable — one certified collection at a time.