EOI For responsible recycling and safe disposal of electronic waste.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to save lives, improve nutrition and build resilience. Each year, WFP assists over 150 million people in around 120 countries.

Whilst delivering on this mandate, WFP deploys electrical and electronic equipment, critical for office and guesthouse activities. These inevitably generate e-waste, a hazardous waste stream, which could contain toxic metals such as mercury and lead, and other hazardous substances. E-waste may also contain precious metals such as gold, copper and nickel and other rare materials of strategic value such as indium and palladium that can be recovered, as well as common plastics and glass.

Responsible recycling and safe disposal of e-waste, remains a major and persistent challenge. WFP has multiple offices across Eastern Africa, which have accumulated large quantities of e-waste which is currently stored at WFP premises. An adequate long-term recycling/disposal solution must be found in line with the requirements of WFP’s Environmental Policy.