Extended Producer Responsibility, Rwanda

The problem

Improper disposal of e-waste poses numerous threats to the environment, economy, and health and well-being of citizens. Rwanda wanted to implement a legally transparent, digitally supported, and appropriately financed EPR digital service for the management of e-waste.

GovStack approach

1. Completion of EPR regulatory framework for e-waste management in Rwanda

2. Co-design the EPR digital service based on user needs, journeys, and business life events

3. Co-design the financial mechanism that producers must pay on Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) that is placed on the market in Rwanda to finance the sound management of e-waste.

Roadmap

	Apr 22 Prioritisation of government service: EPR
	May - July 22 Workshops to understand user needs
	July - Aug 22 Map As-Is user journey, life/business events and current stack
	Nov 22 - Feb 23 Co-design w/user a To-Be user journey, future stack & wireframes (Validated service design)
	Mar - Sept 23 Evaluation of possible Digital Public Goods (DPG) to digitize the service
	Nov 7-8 23 EPR blueprint for electronics event

Expected results

• A forward-looking e-waste regulation that will allow electronic producers to finance the collection, recycling, and end-of-life disposal of e-waste equipment/product streams.

• Facilitate compliance with e-waste regulation through EPR digital service.

• Contribute to the digitization roadmap by scaling the GovStack Building Block approach used in EPR for the rest of the services in the digitization roadmap of Rwanda.