Mozambique: GEF to disburse 4.8 million dollars for e-waste management

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Mozambique: GEF to disburse 4.8 million dollars for e-waste management

4:58 CAT | 09 Jun 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only . [File photo: Irene Galan/UN Environment]

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) will disburse, during the second half of this year, 4.8 million US dollars aimed at funding electronic waste management in Mozambique, according to the Chemical Waste Manager at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Russell Cobbal.

According to Cobbal, who was speaking in Johannesburg at a Southern African Development Community (SADC) project, under the motto” “Promoting circularity and resource efficiency in the electronics value chain across Southern African countries”, this amount is part of the approximately 10 million dollars that the GEF has made available to SADC.

“At the moment, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini are eligible for this fund. The countries must present concrete, viable projects for collecting, recycling and reusing e-waste”, he said.

He explained that the countries, including Mozambique, must use the funds to finance the installation of recycling infrastructure, the implementation of collection programs, the training of technicians and the promotion of sustainable disposal practices.

According to Cobbal, recycling e-waste prevents dangerous wastes, such as heavy metals and plastic, from being released into the environment, causing contamination of the soil, water and air, which he described as “a real risk for public health and climate problems.”

For her turn, Emília Polana, focal point of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, said that Mozambique has submitted most of the necessary documents required by the GEF to access the fund.

Source: AIM