Closing the E-Loop: Teaching Circular Economy for Secondary

Why teach about e-waste

Electronic devices play important roles in many of our lives. As consumers, users and, sometimes, disposers of these products, it's important for young people to understand that the positive impacts of these products is coming at significant cost to our environment.

It's also important for young people to have hope that, together, we can address the e-waste crisis. In fact, many governments, businesses and individuals are already innovating to help address the problem!

Focusing on action and hope

These resources are compiled into a user-friendly Vimeo showcase, designed to integrate seamlessly with lessons and aid teachers in their planning, learning, and projects, providing a wealth of knowledge and inspiration.
The content places hope and optimism at the forefront, highlighting the positive actions undertaken by governments, businesses, organisations, and individuals rather than merely focusing on the negative aspects of the issues at hand.

Units of work

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Sustainable Solutions: Addressing the Impacts and Interconnections of Electronic Waste

  • Secondary
  • Year 9
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Unit
  • Free
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Circular Design Solutions: Addressing the Electronic Waste Crisis

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking

Popular lessons

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The Global Lifecycle of an Electronic Product

  • Secondary
  • Year 9
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Become a Changemaker for Sustainable Electronic Solutions

  • Secondary
  • Year 9
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Utilising the Rs of Sustainability in Designing

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Lesson
  • Free
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How Does Technology Influence Interconnections?

  • Secondary
  • Year 9
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Social Action
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

With thanks to our partner

This Closing the E-Loop unit has been developed in partnership with Comsol, a manufacturer, importer and distributor of electronics, who use a step-by-step approach to sustainability to establish a sustainable, environmental and socially supporting ecosystem for technology products and services. A key pillar of Comsol’s overarching framework is education. They believe that knowledge-sharing about the electronic waste crisis, sustainability and closed-loop solutions for electronic products provide opportunities for society to speed up the transition to a circular economy.