PEO Mississauga Chapter welcomes you to join the online seminar: Circular Economy and Global Perspective on e-Waste.

Seminar Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Seminar Time: 6:30PM to 8:30PM

Cost: Free Online Event (Zoom link will be sent to you via email before the event)

Registration Website: https://ewaste.eventbrite.ca

Contact: Nawres Fouad, P.Eng.

Abstract:

Circular economy is a sustainable economic development model. It replaces the traditional economic development model that relies heavily on resource consumption and waste generation. Circular economy is particularly important to the waste electrical and electronic equipment industry as e-waste contains toxic substances and precious metals. Goal 12 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns through measures such as specific policies and international agreements on the management of materials that are toxic to the environment. The consumption of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is strongly linked to overall global economic development.

This presentation will review the perspective of e-waste management systems and practices; e-waste legislations; extended producer responsibility; recycling critical materials from e-waste; and circular economy strategies for the waste electrical and electronic equipment industry.

Introduction to the speaker:

Dr. Baliga is currently a senior member of American Society of Quality (ASQ), and an active member of ASQ forums. He holds several member leader positions such as ASQ Social Responsibility Technical Community Chair, ASQ Toronto Deputy Regional Director for Canada Greenland Region/ Maritimes and Ottawa Valley Section, and ASQ NexGen Mentor. He is actively engaged with Standard Council of Canada working groups and contributing in projects such as Canadian Advisory Committee on GDPR (CAC-GDPR) and Canadian Data Governance Standardization Collaborative (DGSC). In addition to this, he has contributed as a member of CSA Technical Committee (TC) on Quality Management for Medical Devices and the SCC Mirror Committee (MC) for ISO/TC 210 Quality Management and Corresponding General Aspects for Medical Devices like risk management, usability engineering and software development; and ISO /TC 215 Health Informatics. He is currently Head of Quality for Lonza’s Personalized Medicine Business Unit.