RESOURCES

With the aim of facing the challenge posed by the growing volume of production of electrical and electronic equipment, at SETEM we collect various proposals aimed at the public administration, companies and manufacturers and consumers. The increasing amount of electronic waste is mainly caused by higher consumption of ESA, short product life cycles, and few affordable repair options. Before becoming a waste, our devices have travelled a long way to … Read More

In this report, we analyse the working conditions electronic products are produced by factory workers in the Philippines. An analysis from a gender perspective, since most of the workers in these factories in the region are women. The feminization of work in the manufacturing sector has been a global trend in recent decades. The report stresses that working women in electronics factories tend to have less access to education and … Read More

The Danish journalistic group Danwatch reveals in a report elaborated on the ground and coordinated by SETEM Catalunya how our increasing demand for lithium for the manufacture of smartphones and electric cars has serious environmental impacts in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Lithium extraction leads to depletion of the territory’s water resources, directly affecting the livelihoods of local indigenous communities and animals. The research was carried out as part of the European Make … Read More

The Danish journalistic group DanWatch reveals in a report prepared on the ground and coordinated by SETEM Catalunya that the migrant staff of a factory in Malaysia, supplier of the main chip producers in Europe and the USA, suffer from situations of forced labor, violent threats, passport retention and significant salary deductions. The research was carried out as part of the European Make ICT Fair campaign, in which eleven non-governmental organizations … Read More