Description du projet
La gestion des déchets électriques et électroniques
Qu’il s’agisse de votre vieux téléphone, de votre ordinateur portable endommagé ou d’autres équipements et composants électriques usagés, tout cela s’accumule rapidement. D’ici 2021, plus de 52 millions de tonnes de déchets électriques et électroniques, ou e-déchets, seront produites dans le monde. Bien trop peu d’entre eux seront recyclés. Les données montrent que seuls 20 % des e-déchets ont été collectés et recyclés. Le projet E-Waste Challenge, financé par l’UE, étudiera la gestion des e-déchets dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Le projet se concentrera sur l’Inde et l’Afrique du Sud – deux pays où les politiques en matière d’e-déchets n’ont jamais été analysées auparavant. Les résultats fourniront des informations et des solutions aux décideurs politiques européens et non européens.
Objectif
Electronic waste (E-waste) or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world today. It is a complex stream of waste as it contains both hazardous chemicals and valuable/precious metal components. A major challenge for the research community, therefore, is to find effective (policy) solutions for addressing the environmental and health problems caused by E-waste management in low and mid-income countries while, at the same time, enhancing the recovery of precious metals to reuse these resources. During my Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, I will analyse why emerging economies adopt E-waste policies that seem inadequate and ineffective in their local contexts and identify alternative approaches. In a first step, I will develop a novel analytical framework to analyse the effectiveness of E-waste policies in emerging economies and, as a second step, I will seek to explain the degree of effectiveness of E-waste policies in India and South Africa. The research aims to make conceptual, empirical and policy-relevant contributions: I strive to contribute to the academic literature by developing a novel analytical framework that helps evaluate E-waste policies in non-Western countries. Current literature on E-waste is largely based on assumptions derived from Western policies, polities and societies. By analysing the cases of India and South Africa, my research will focus on two countries whose E-waste policy has hardly been analysed. The findings of the project will provide insights that both the EU and non-European policymakers can use in their decision- making. The EU has a keen interest in supporting non-EU countries tackle their E-waste challenges through effective policies, especially since parts of the E-waste that causes problems in those countries originates from the EU and is a direct result of European consumption. I will contribute to the understanding of how such EU support could be designed.
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(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinateur
3000 Leuven
Belgique