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We are releasing the remainder of our 130+ learning modules in several smaller sets in The E-Waste Learning Hub:​​​​​

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By 1 March 2026: Social Risks & Sustainable Development

• Conflict Minerals

• Managing Electronics Supply Chains

• Social License to Operate

• Social Risks in Electronics Supply Chains

• Sustainable Development in Electronics

• Sustainable Development in Mining

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By 15 March 2026: Skills

• Advocating for Change

• Contract Drafting for Change

• Empowering Communities

• Impact Storytelling

• Ripples of Change in Waste & Circularity

• The Power of the "Little People"

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By 15 March 2026: Batteries & Minerals

• Battery Fires

• Battery Passports

• Critical Raw Materials

• Digital Product Passports

• Transition Mining

• Knowledge Leadership in Raw Materials

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By 15 March 2026: AI, Blockchain & Data Spaces

• Blockchain in E-Waste Management

• Environment & Climate Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

• Data Security in E-Waste Management

• Data Spaces in Energy Management

• Inclusivity in Artificial Intelligence

• Moral Rights in Artificial Intelligence

• Power Dynamics in Artificial Intelligence

• The Ins and Outs of Generative AI

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By 1 April 2026: Responsibility Throughout Supply Chains

• Citizens' Participation in the Just Transition

• Corporate Responsibility in Mining, Electronics & Energy

• Environmental Impacts of Mining

• Geopolitics of Semiconductors

• Regulation vs. Deregulation of Global Supply Chains

• Risks to Women Through Mining

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By 15 April 2026: E-Waste

• E-Textiles

• Informal E-Waste Recycling

• Inside Electronics

• Large E-Waste

• Plastics in E-Waste

• Precautionary Principle in Waste Management

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By 15 April 2026: Avenues of Change

• Electrification of Public Transport 

• Extended Producer Responsibility

• Reimagining Electronics

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By 1 May 2026: Circular Economy

• Benefits of the Circular Economy

• Circularity as a Market Advantage

• Circularity in Nature: How can we optimize raw material flows?

• Mineral Circularity for the Energy Transition

• Principles of Circular Economy

• The Tragedy of Waste

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By 15 May 2026: Corporate Action

• Corporate Action on Peatlands

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By 1 June 2026: Energy

• Energy Infrastructure

• Energy Justice

• Energy Self-Sufficiency

• Energy Storage for Renewables

• Heat Pumps

• Ocean Energy

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By 15 June 2026: Energy Transition

• Everyday Energy Use

• Why have an energy transition?

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By 1 July 2026: Governance

• Ecocide

• Impacts of Climate Change on Technology & Innovation

• Countering the Greenwashing of Raw Materials

• Global Governance of Chemicals & Waste

• Governance of Raw Materials

• Regulation of Energy Markets

• Rights of Nature

• Science and the Law

• The Resource Curse