{"id":53553,"date":"2025-03-25T07:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/east-african-experts-convene-in-nairobi-to-promote-e-waste-recycling\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T07:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:26:27","slug":"east-african-experts-convene-in-nairobi-to-promote-e-waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/east-african-experts-convene-in-nairobi-to-promote-e-waste-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"East African experts convene in Nairobi to promote e-waste recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Tanui, Kenya&#8217;s principal secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy, highlighted the anticipated surge in e-waste due to the increasing sale of electronic products like refrigerators, TVs, and mobile phones. <\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the region&#8217;s rising awareness of the health risks linked to improper e-waste disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Ally Simba, EACO&#8217;s executive secretary, noted that e-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the region lacks sufficient recycling infrastructure and repair services. However, progress has been made as Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania have implemented e-waste regulations, and Uganda and Burundi have adopted national policies.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees stressed the need for East African countries to align their policies with international standards to tackle the transboundary nature of e-waste. <\/p>\n<p>They also called for the establishment of collection centers, recycling plants, and safe disposal mechanisms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-84202\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ewa-7.jpg\" alt=\"The conference highlighted the anticipated surge in e-waste due to the increasing sale of electronic products like refrigerators, TVs, and mobile phones. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts from across East Africa gathered in Nairobi on Monday to explore sustainable solutions for managing electronic waste (e-waste) in the region. The seventh East African Communication Organization (EACO) Regional Awareness Conference on E-Waste Management brought together over 100 participants, including government officials, ICT regulators, and industry players, to address the growing challenge of e-waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000084201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000084201,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ewaste-rwanda-metal.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000084201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53553"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53553"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}