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Olivier!Vanden!Eynde,!Founder!&!Managing!Director,!Close!the!Gap!/[email protected]!!
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*
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$(2011)$
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!
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*$Due$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$gasses.$
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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