US EPA joins alliance to curb global e-waste

United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP)

1 May 2011

20110514_STP513The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb rising pollution, the waste of natural resources, and health problems associated with trashed electronics, announcing today a new agreement with the United Nations University.

A five-year, $2.5 million grant to UNU’s Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) will help authorities track shipments of North American e-waste and provide support to nations in both Africa and Asia coping with e-waste imports.

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