E-Waste Management

Winta Bekele is an environmental engineer and e-waste management specialist with a Master's in Resource Recovery and Circular Economy. She has designed reverse-logistics networks for end-of-life electronics across five countries, facilitating formal recycling channels and reducing landfill disposal by 40%. Winta's research on precious-metal recovery processes has been published in leading journals, and she co-chairs a working group for the Basel Convention's technical guidelines. She conducts capacity-building workshops for informal-sector recyclers on safe dismantling and hazard mitigation. Winta also collaborates with OEMs on eco-design initiatives to enhance product disassembly and material traceability. Her current efforts involve developing mobile collection apps that incentivize consumer returns through gamified rewards.