International audienceWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment management (E-waste or WEEE) is a crucial issue in the solid waste management sector with global interconnections between well-developed, transitional and developing countries. Consumption society and addiction to technology dictate the daily life in high and middle-income countries where population consumes large amounts of EEE products (electrical and electronic equipment) which sooner become e-waste. This fraction is a fast-growing waste stream which needs special treatment and management due to the toxic potential of public health and environment. On the other hand, the e-waste contains valuable materials which may be recovered (precious metals, Cu) reused and recycled (metals, plastics) by various industries mitigating the consumption of natural resources. The new challenge of e-waste management system is to shift the paradigm from a toxic pollution source to a viable resource in the context of sustainable development

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment management (E-waste or WEEE) is acrucial issue in the solid waste management sector with globalinterconnections between well-developed, transitional and developingcountries. Consumption society and addiction to technology dictate thedaily life in high and middle-income countries where population consumeslarge amounts of EEE products (electrical and electronic equipment) whichsooner become e-waste. This fraction is a fast-growing waste stream whichneeds special treatment and management due to the toxic potential of publichealth and the environment. On the other hand, the e-wastecontains valuable materials which may be recovered (precious metals, Cu)reused and recycled (metals, plastics) by various industries mitigating theconsumption of natural resources.