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E-waste is categorized as used EEE including refrigerators, cell phones, and computers. [4] Africa has seen a significant usage of personal computers and mobile phones in the past decade. [5] The continent produced 2.5 kg per capita of e-waste in 2019, which is the lowest rate in the world. [4] 60% of e-waste is imported into the continent, and ...
Electronic waste (or e-waste) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. ... Africa is the least generator of e-waste per capita at 2.5 kg. Regarding the ...
Agbogbloshie. Agbogbloshie was the nickname of a commercial district on the Korle Lagoon of the Odaw River, near the center of Accra, Ghana 's capital city in the Greater Accra region, before it was demolished by the Ghanian government in 2021. [1] Near the slum called "Old Fadama", the Agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for ...
The e-Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA) [3] was established in 2008 to manage the establishment of a sustainable environmentally sound e-waste management system for the country. Since then the non-profit organization has been working with manufacturers, vendors and distributors of electronic and electrical goods and e-waste handlers ...
Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used. Like other waste streams, reuse, donation, and repair are common ...
Olusosun landfill. The Olusosun nigerian dumpsite is a 100-acre [1] dump in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. [2] It is the largest in Africa, and one of the largest in the world. The site receives up to 10,000 tons of rubbish each day. Waste from around 500 container ships is also delivered to the site, adding a substantial portion of electronic waste.
The global waste trade is the international trade of waste between countries for further treatment, disposal, or recycling. Toxic or hazardous wastes are often imported by developing countries from developed countries. The World Bank Report What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management, describes the amount of solid waste produced in ...
t. e. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to restrict the transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed ...