Gauteng e-Waste

The Gauteng Department of eGovernment is one of the 13 Departments under the Gauteng Provincial Government tasked with the responsibility to be the ICT shop for the Provincial Government, providing various ICT services to the other departments and the citizens of Gauteng. The Department of eGovernment is therefore the custodian of all technology requirements of the province, including being an innovation hub for new ideas and implementation of new technologies, including traversing the Province into 4IIR strategy.

The Gauteng Department of eGovernment developed the eWaste Strategy which was apporved by the Gauteng cabinet for implementation a strategy which has at its core the introduction of eWaste collection procedures and processes and motivate society and state institutions across the Gauteng province.

The department has on this basis established an eWaste Unit to act as its implementor of eWaste Programmes, the unit is seize with executing the following:

Develop the eWaste Industry in Gauteng

Develop a eWaste Implentation Plan

Develop an Economic Model

Develop a Database of eWaste Operators

Provide Capacity Building / Training for various stakeholders

Create and Support SMMEs in the eWaste Value Chain

Promote the Recycling, ReUse, RePurpose of eWaste

Create economic value within the eWaste Value Chain