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Worldloop visits BAC’s collection and dismantling center for e-waste

July 7, 2015: Our colleague Aurély Luzolele, Project Manager of our sister organization Close the Gap, recently traveled to Kinshasa, DRC and had the chance to meet with Dr. Nundi Phasi and Gaston Tsas...

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IDG Connect takes an indepth look at responsible ICT reuse and recycling in Africa

“We wanted to show people that ‘reused’ should not be pasted with a negative connotation and be automatically viewed as eWaste.” Olivier Vanden Ende, Founder Close the Gap & WorldLoopMarch 2015: WorldLoop and it's ICT4D partners ...

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E-waste project in DRC scales up operations

In 2013, WorldLoop kicked off a partnership with Benelux Afro Center (BAC). BAC is a non-profit organization created by members of the African diaspora in Belgium in the context of self-commun...

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WorldLoop project GLICE organizes 2nd ICT Forum in Burundi

August 4-8, 2014: GLICE, a project supported by WorldLoop, actively involved in e-waste recycling in Burundi, organised the second edition of Information and Communication Technology Forum of Bujumbura (FITB). Although a young ini...

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E-waste collection starting up in the DRC

WorldLoop is proud of the progress Benelux Afro Centre (BAC) has been making on e-waste awareness and collection in the Kinshasa region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...

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WorldLoop offers expertise to E-waste Management Project in Ethiopia

As part of WorldLoop's partnership with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), WorldLoop provides support to various e-waste projects th...

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WorldLoop welcomes 12 e-waste practitioners to Belgium

UNIDO and WorldLoop partner with Recupel and the Belgian recycling industry to advance sustai...

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WorldLoop partners with EACR, active in Kenya

WorldLoop and East African Compliant Recycling (EACR) enter into partnership. EACR is an e-waste recycling company based in Nairobi, Kenya. EACR came into being as a project started by fellow ICT4D organization Camara Education with support of HP and Dell. Since 2012, it is operating as an independent recyc...

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Toxic E-waste Treatment Extends to Chile

WorldLoop and Chilenter, an ICT4Dev organization based in Chile, recently entered into a partnership together to combat the growing e-waste challenges faced locally. A study completed by StEP (Uni...

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Raising awareness about e-waste in Nairobi’s slums

What better way to attract attention in Nairobi, Kenya? Hold up traffic and play loud music. Last week, WorldLoop had the opportunity to join the WEEE Centre in an effective community awareness raising and e-waste col...

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