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Olivier!Vanden!Eynde,!Founder!&!Managing!Director,!Close!the!Gap!/!WorldLoop!olivier.vanden.eynde@closeBtheBgap.org!!

Green!ICT!4!Development!!in!Support!of!a!Circular!Economy!

SUSTAINABLE*DEVELOPMENT*GOALS*

Poverty!&!Hunger! EducaKon! Gender!Equality! Health! Environmental!

Sustainability!

↑*access*to*INFORMATION*&*COMMUNICATION*TECHNOLOGIES*=*

SOCIAL*BENEFITS*

ACCESS*TO*ICT*CAN*BE*LIMITED*BY…*

The$high$costs$of$quality$IT$equipment.$

ICT*PROJECTS*REQUIRE…*

Local$exper9se.$

ICT*ENDBUSERS*NEED*ACCESS*TO…*

Local$qualified$IT$teachers.$

INTRODUCING*CLOSE*THE*GAP*

Close!the!Gap:!Bridging!the!Digital!Divide!•  Founded!in!2003!as!a!social!enterprise!•  Serving!African,!LaKn!American,!Asian!regions!•  450,000+!computers!collected!•  120,000!computers!deployed!in!developing!countries!•  1,500,000!unique!IT!users!reached!weekly!

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SUSTAINABILITY*OF*IT*DEVICES*

RESOURCE*CONSUMPTION*IN*ICT*DEVICE*PRODUCTION**•  80%!energy!consumpKon!occurs!during!producKon!!

(20%$energy$use$when$opera9onal)$

•  240kg!of!fossils!fuels!•  22kg!of!chemicals!•  1.5!tonnes!of!water!

Environmentally!speaking,!!replacing!a!device!to!gain!10%!increase!energy!efficiency!is!only!jusKfiable!if!device!is!a!>33+!years!!!

EuroAc9v$(2014).$FiHng$eIwaste$into$the$circular$economy.$Ӧko$$Ins9tue$(2011)$

WHAT*WE*DO*–*CLOSE*THE*GAP*

ICT*PROJECTS*ARE*UNSUSTAINABLE…*

In$the$absence$of$safe$eIwaste$disposal$op9ons.$

DEVELOPING*COUNTRIES…*Lack$reliable$waste$management$

infrastructure.$

VALUE*EXTRACTION…*

Creates$an$informal$economy.$!

AT*THE*RISK*OF…*

Environmental$and$human$health.$

Part*of*the*circular*economy*process*

Requires*somebody*to*take*responsibility*for*the*discarded*material.*

INTRODUCING*WORLDLOOP*

•  WorldLoop:*Changing*the*EBwaste*Cycle*•  Founded!in!2009!by!Close!the!Gap!!•  Serving!SubBSaharan!Africa,!LaKn!America!•  OperaKonal!in!14!countries!across!2!conKnents!•  1500+!tons!of!eBwaste!collected!and!processed!!

•  (2100+!tons!CO2!emissions!avoided)*!

•  190+!tons!of!hazardous!waste!spared!from!landfills!

!

*$Due$to$recycling$of$material$and$reintroduc9on$into$produc9on,$less$new$material$will$have$to$be$produced.$Because$the$produc9on$of$material$from$virgin$resources$needs$more$energy,$and$emits$more$greenhouse$gasses$than$recycling,$the$ac9vity$of$recycling$“avoids”$the$emission$of$greenhouse$gasses.$

WHAT*WE*DO*–*WORLDLOOP*

2ND*LIFEBCYCLE*CRADLE*TO*CRADLE*

EBWASTE*OFFSETTING*

100#cer'ficate#can#recycle#2#tons#of#e2waste#

and#

Avoid#2.88#tons#of#CO2#emissions#tons#of#e2waste.

500#cer'ficates#can#help#run#local#awareness#campaigns#in#an#urban#community#in#sub2Saharan#Africa.

1,000#cer'ficates#can#start#up#a#small#e2waste#collec'on#and#dismantling#project#in#a#developing#country.

Par$cipate*in*the*e-Resource*Cer$ficate*Programme: •  Seed#capital#to#start#up#e2waste#collec'on#and#dismantling#ac'vi'es. •  Drive#local#e2waste#awareness#raising#and#collec'on#campaigns. •  Ensure#100%#environmentally#sound#treatment#of#ALL#e2waste#frac'ons.

VOLUNTARILY#OFFSET#

THE#IMPACT#OF#ICT#FOR#DEVELOPMENT#DONATIONS

INTERNATIONAL*REACH*

Uganda*

Belgium*

Senegal*

Ghana*

Sierra!Leone* Togo*

Cameroon*

D.R.Congo*

Ethiopia*

Kenya*Rwanda*Tanzania*

Zambia*

South*Africa*

Nepal*

Thailand*

Philippines*

Burundi*Malawi*

Mozambique*

Burkina*faso*

Colombia* Nigeria*

Pakistan*Cuba*

Brazil*

Peru*

Iraq*Afganistan*

Indonesia*

Laos*

Vietnam*

Benin*

Mali* Niger*

Madagascar*

Guinea*

Ecuador*

Zimbabwe*

Close*the*Gap*Projects*EBwaste*Recycling*Coverage*

Bo2W*Hazardous*Material*Flows*

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