This collection of links are some of the many websites and videos relating to the work carried out by us:
Websites
New Zealand
New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
Exporting electronic waste – New Zealand Environmental protection Agency
E-waste links at WasteMINZ
eDay – a former e-waste collection service that is now no longer funded
New Zealand Association of Metal recyclers
The Battery Controlled – advocacy for child safety with respect to button cells
International
Global E-waste Statistics Partnership
Basel Convention – an international agreement on shipping hazardous waste.
WEEE Forum – a European association of e-waste collectors
Basel Action Network – a US lobby group addressing e-waste issues in the United States and globally
Electronics Takeback Coalition – a US based organisation
The Repair Association – (formerly known as the Digital Right to Repair) a US based organisation that supports the repair industry
Free ICT Europe – a European organisation supporting the ability to trade, maintain, and repair technology products
Battery University – an educational site for anyone interested in anything about batteries
iFixit – an organisation that advocates for the repair of products
iFixit – a resource for anyone interested in repairing electronics products
EPEAT – Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries – a major US-based industry organisation
Video
GOOD Magazine (2007) – an overview of e-waste issues. (1 min 46 sec)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl2j83LCHss
Factory City, Discovery Channel (2009) – EUPA’s huge appliance manufacturing factory in China employing 17,000 workers. (44 min 45 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMm-YMO5H7o
Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia, Basel Action Network (2002) – a seminal video highlighting the e-waste problem. (23 min 3 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSWGV3jGek
E-Waste Hell, SBS Dateline (2011) – focuses on e-waste exported from Australia to Ghana. (17 m 44 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_ZttK3PuM
Amnesty International (2016) This is what we die for: Child labour in the DRC cobalt mine. (8 min 2 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4ASxHIrEA
China: Streamlining Electronic Waste, United Nations (2016) Development in e-waste processing in China. (5min 5sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfeHsl4F-TE
Business Insider (2021) New Zealand startup has found a way to extract gold from old circuit boards using inexpensive chemicals and microbes that absorb precious metals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yGPm1U7U6s