1. The name of the convention is the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, which came into effect 5 May 1992. http://www.basel.int/TheConvention/Overview/TextoftheConvention/tabid/1275/Default.aspx
2. United Nations Environment Management Group (2017), United Nations System-wide Response to Tackling E-waste, https://unemg.org/images/emgdocs/ewaste/E-Waste-EMG-FINAL.pdf
3. A New Circular Vision for Electronics, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_A_New_Circular_Vision_for_Electronics.pdf
4. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/burning-truth-behind-e-waste-dump-africa-180957597/
5. From the abstract of the International Labor Office (ILO) report “The global impact of e-waste; Addressing the challenge”, published by Karin Lundgren (2012) ( https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---sector/documents/publication/wcms_196105.pdf).