❓𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑂𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (𝑃𝑅𝑂𝑠) 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠?
❓𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒-𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑦𝑎?
❓𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒?
These are just some of the questions we’ve tackled in our PRO Expert Insights Series in Nairobi! Since February, EPROK Kenya, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and AHK Eastern Africa - Delegation of German Industry and Commerce for Eastern Africa have been convening Kenyan and German experts to advance PRO frameworks for WEEE in Kenya, within the framework of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection’s (BMUV) 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐄𝐗𝐈).
A quick recap of our first three sessions:
- 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Organisational Structures within PROs, with Dr.-Ing. André Rückert (ECOLOGICON GmbH)
- 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: EPR Fee Modelling Strategies, with Sarah Njau (GFS East Africa)
- 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Existing Technologies & Infrastructure for E-Waste Management, with Dr.-Ing. André Rückert (ECOLOGICON GmbH) and Daniel Kürten (Doppstadt Group Umwelttechnik GmbH)
We look forward to keeping the momentum going in the coming months, building knowledge, sharing global insights, and strengthening Kenya’s WEEE management sector together. Thanks to everyone involved for the lively discussions.
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