The paper aims to communicate the issues associated with the sustainable management of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) in South Africa and the solution that the IT Association of South Africa Producer Environmental Group (ITA PEG) and the e-Waste Association of South Africa (e-WASA) have proposed.

Following the introduction to e-waste, the paper will cover what needs to be done to tackle the ever increasing amount of e-waste generated and explores the three core conference focal areas of Value, Grow and Sustain in relation to the plan of ITA PEG and e-WASA including the dependencies and requirements thereof.

Value is addressed in a material and socio-economic sense, growth is addressed in a labour market and material supply chain sense while the need to sustain an effective e-waste system is addressed in terms of the financial, governance and environmental sustainability requirements necessary for an effective and sustainable e-waste solution.

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