e-Waste: West Africa Continues to Drown in the Rich World's Obsolete Electronics

http://www.consumersinternational.org/ou...o-account/the-real-deal/electronic-waste
Author: Consumers International
Source: Consumers International
Year: 2008
Number of pages: 5

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Abstract:

Every month, hundreds of tons of obsolete computers, televisions and other household consumer electronics are arriving at ports in Ghana and Nigeria. From here, the second-hand electronics are distributed via local networks of dealers throughout the country. According to local Ghanaian and Nigerian sources interviewed by CI's partner organisation, DanWatch, as few as one in four of the imports are working, while the remaining electronic waste, also known as e-waste, often ends up on dumpsite fires.