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\n\t\t\t\t\tStEP envisions being an agent and steward of change, uniquely leading global thinking, knowledge, awareness and innovation in the management and development of environmentally, economically and ethically-sound e-waste resource recovery, re-use and prevention.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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1. Scientific basis<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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StEP’s work is founded on scientific assessments and incorporates a comprehensive view of the social, environmental and economic aspects of e-waste.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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StEP conducts research on the entire life-cycle of electronic and electrical equipment and their corresponding global supply, process and materials flow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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StEP’s research and pilot projects are meant to contribute to the solution of e-waste problems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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StEP condemns all illegal activities related to e-waste including illegal shipments and reuse\/ recycling practices that are harmful to the environment and human health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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5. Socially responsible<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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StEP seeks to foster safe and eco\/energy-efficient reuse and recycling practices around the globe in a socially responsible manner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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StEP facilitates research, analysis and dialogue among more than 35 members drawn from business, international organizations, governments, NGO\u2019s and academic institutions around the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Milestones 2004 - 2019\r\n<\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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2004<\/div>\r\n
Initiation to develop the StEP Initiative<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2007<\/div>\r\n
Formal Launch of Step at UN Secretariat in New York<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2009<\/div>\r\n
1st StEP E-Waste Summer School<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2012<\/div>\r\n
1st E-Waste Academy Management Edition (EWAM) in Ghana<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Publication of StEP E-Waste World Map<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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2018<\/div>\r\n
New membership structure and New MoU<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Organisation StEP envisions being an agent and steward of change, uniquely leading global thinking, knowledge, awareness and innovation in the management and development of environmentally, economically and ethically-sound e-waste resource recovery, re-use and prevention. 1. Scientific basis StEP’s work is founded on scientific assessments and incorporates a comprehensive view of the social, environmental and economic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}