Ghana to set up ewaste recycling plant ghana business news. Legal and institutional requirements in ghana 7 levy will be fed into an electronic waste recycling fund that is aimed to provide finance for the management of electronic waste and reduce the adverse impact of electronic waste on human health and the environment. Analysis of improper disposal of solid wastes in a lowincome. Top 10 waste management challenges ghana must overcome. Health seeking behaviours among electronic waste workers in ghana. Explore ewaste with free download of seminar report and ppt in pdf and doc format.
Ghanas ewaste recycling chain is dominated by the informal sector which accounts for about 95%. This paper looks at the magnitude e waste trade in ghana by analyzing the growing trade in electronic products ostensibly to. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The call for action outlines a set of priorities to support development of a regional approach for the legal transboundary movements and the environmentally sound management of e waste for the african continent to protect human health and the environment as well as to promote opportunities for social and economic. Reliable national data on waste generation and composition that will inform effective planning on waste management in ghana is absent. Weve started by collecting scrap phones in the surrounding accra area of ghana, which includes agbogbloshie, one of the most toxic e waste locations in the world. Pdf download for informal processing of electronic waste at. The hazardous and electronic waste control management bill 2016 was drafted in 2012 and after some. In ghana, the greenpeace team documented ewaste from. Oct 17, 2016 ghana has been cited as the country with the biggest ewaste dumping site in the world. Nearly 42 million tons of ewaste everything from microwaves and electric shavers to washing. In ghana, the global problem of ewaste has local consequences. It is commonly used for electronic equipments like computers, cell phones etc. Electronic waste in bangladesh, legislation, policy, strategy and approach.
Since the late 1990s, industrial countries have been sending their ewaste here. E waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world. In almost all cases, e waste is not a local product, but originates from developed countries, says labunska, the harbor of accra receives 600 to 1,000 containers every month, adds ananes. This paper looks at the magnitude ewaste trade in ghana by analyzing the growing trade in electronic products ostensibly to bridge the digital divide. Following the practices of trading e waste in accra, ghana, the thesis answers this question. Solid and hazardous waste management pdf free download.
The only scientifically produced report on ewaste in ghana published in 2011 found that 171,000 tons of ewaste reaches the countrys informal recycling sector, adding that the amount of material that reaches the formal recycling sector accounted only for 0. Ghana, the worlds fastest growing economy, has a trash. Ghana hazardous and electronic waste control and management act, 2016 act 917 home publications ghana hazardous and electronic waste control and management act, 2016 act 917 dec 21, 2018. Status of regulatory initiatives on e waste in ghana 21 6. This method also reduces the volume of e waste generation. The global impact of ewaste addressing the challenge the global impact of ewaste addressing the challenge safework programme on safety and health at work and the environment international labour office safework 4, route des morillons ch1211 geneve 22 switzerland tel. Oct 02, 20 in martin otengababio, electronic waste management ghana issues and practices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale, reuse, and refurbishing industries, or only to product that cannot be used for its intended purpose.
The major concern in terms of management of e waste is, more than 90% of the available e waste continued to be recycled in the informal sector, in the bylanes of. Solid and hazardous waste management pdf free download solid and hazardous waste management pdf is one of the important books for civil engineering students. Municipal solid waste management in accra, ghana, is at present delivered in an unsustainable manner. Thomas naadi bitlegma investigates the grave effects that technological waste e waste has on the environment in ghana and the impact it has on. The law among others, stipulates that the country will put up an e waste recycling plant. Our analysis of samples taken from two electronic waste e waste scrap yards in ghana has revealed severe contamination with hazardous chemicals. E waste is hazardous in nature due to presence of toxic substances like pb, cr6, hg, cd and flame retardants polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated. This study aimed at evaluating the levels and risk of heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetation around the korle lagoon area in accra. Poisoning the poor electronic waste in ghana greenpeace.
Ewaste management, disposal and its impacts on the. Ghana is the worlds fastest growing economy, with a government set on attracting investment and tourism. Parliament has passed the hazardous and electronic waste control and management bill 2016. The question, he argues, is whether secondhand electronics are being exported to ghana as e waste or to supply a demand for cheap electronics that can help the country bridge the digital divide. Aglogbloshie burning off plastic to get to valuable metals. The nexus becomes more complex particularly at agbogbloshie, the hub of e waste activities in ghana, where there is nothing like waste. Major cities in ghana are battling with waste management problem such as tons of uncontrolled rubbish. That is, when the commodity traded, such as electronic waste e waste, lacks a system of standardization practices that contribute to something like a world price e. Energy ministry of power, accra ghana accra international conference centre 3rd nov.
Electronic waste management in ghana issues and practices 159 an emerging dynamic in the collection of e waste is the increasing spatial extent that collectors have to explore. Electronic waste e waste is one of the fastestgrowing pollution problems worldwide given the presence if a variety of toxic substances which can contaminate the environment and threaten human health, if disposal protocols are not meticulously managed. Also explore the seminar topics paper on ewaste with abstract or synopsis, documentation on advantages and disadvantages, base paper presentation slides for ieee final year electronics and telecommunication engineering or ece students for the year 2015 2016. One of the best ways to deal with waste is to convert it to energy, which is the way the waste management industry is trending. Ghana is the latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing ho.
Jul 15, 2016 based on field investigations in ghana this report contains an overview on companies with activities in e waste management, an update of the situation in agbogbloshie, a description of the structure and environmental impacts of the leadacid battery recycling industry, an overview and status on regulatory initiatives on e waste in ghana and. The latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in ghana. The burning truth behind an e waste dump in africa ending the toxic smoke rising from an iconic dump in ghana will take more than curbing western waste. In ghana, the waste arrives via the port of tema, 20 miles to the east of the agbogbloshie dump. The ewaste processing sites in ghana exemplifies the challenges africa policy makers face with respect to ewaste and its impacts on health and the environment. Keywords electronic waste, ewaste recycling, agbogbloshie, ghana. The direct charging for use of public waste collection dumps and waste collection centres in urban areas of ghana was introduced with the emergence of structural adjustment programmes in ghana in the 1980s. Electronic waste dumpsite photographs and text by renee c. Rtd visits the countrys most infamous dumping ground. Written for researchers who are exploring this emerging topic, the book begins with a short, but rigorous, discussion of electric waste management that outlines common hazardous materials. It is a crisis of not quantity alone but also a crisis. Ghana consequently passed the hazardous and electronic waste control management bill 2016 in june, to deal with the risks of e waste.
Solid waste value chain analysis irbid and mafraq jordan mitigating the impact of the syrian refugee crisis on jordanian vulnerable host communities. Pdf electronic waste management in ghana issues and. Jun 01, 2016 e waste, the term given to discarded electronic appliances, is often shipped by developed nations to poorer countries such as ghana. Many cities in africa have become receptacles for the global norths discarded electronic waste ewaste, and the industry that has emerged around. Ghana annually imports around 215,000 tons of secondhand consumer electronics from abroad, primarily from western europe, and generates another 129,000 tons of e waste every year.
Pdf the recent expanded usage of electronic materials like computers, television sets and refrigerators in ghana has not. The nexus becomes more complex particularly at agbogbloshie, the hub of ewaste activities in ghana, where there is nothing like waste. Informal processing of electronic waste at agbogbloshie, ghana. The burning truth behind an ewaste dump in africa smithsonian.
In this manual, weee and e waste are used as synonyms, and include all the 10. Hazardous and electronic waste control and management bill. Here we are providing solid and hazardous waste management pdf free download. And thus, a universal blacklist doesnt exist, which leaves e waste shippers in a regulatory nomans land, free to. A country report as one of the worlds largest exporters of electrical and electronic equipment eee and importers of waste electrical and electronic equipment e waste worldwide, china plays a key role in the social, economic, environmental and material life cycle of much of the worlds electrical and electronic equipment. Electronic waste, e waste, e sc rap, or waste electrical and electronic equipment w. Agbogbloshie, ghana, health, behaviour, ewaste, health insurance. Jul 08, 2016 the first ever story on ewaste in ghana. Electronic waste workers are prone to various illnesses and injuries from numerous. And that is because, ewaste from almost every part of the world finds its way into the country, potentially poisoning its land and underground water sources with a cocktail of heavy metal chemicals such as cadmium, lead, barium, mercury. Pdf electronic waste management in ghana issues and practices. Aug 05, 2008 the latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing horrendous pollution is in ghana. Report on findings of the waste composition study for the aryee diki electoral area of accra new town, accra prepared by the millennium cities initiative mci, a project of the earth institute, columbia university and the university of ghana, legon for submission to the accra metropolitan assembly authors. Electronic waste management in ghana issues and practices.
The rich worlds electronic waste, dumped in ghana citylab. According to the oecd, e waste is any appliance using an electric power supply that has reached its endof life. Proceedings of the 28th enviroinfo 2014 conference, oldenburg, germany september 1012, 2014 electronic waste risk assessment and management in ghana d. Despite the potential risks presented by occupational and community exposures to e waste, few studies have examined the. To refresh your memory, closing the loop partnered with fairphone early in 20 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in africa. Millennium cities initiative the university of ghana, legon. The west african country of ghana, currently undergoing intense economic growth, is an important centre for receiving, reusing, recovering and disposing of electronic waste.
Who, 2007 arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmaceutical or similar practice, investigation, treatment, care. E waste includes computers, entertainment electronics, mobile phones and other items that have been discarded by their original users. Here we are giving you e waste management seminar and ppt with pdf report. To help obtain this data on a regional basis, selected households in each region were recruited to obtain data on rate of waste generation, physical composition of waste, sorting and separation efficiency and per capita of waste. The call for reclamation of land around korle lagoon in accra, ghana, where burning of e waste and cultivation of vegetables takes place, makes risk assessment of heavy metal contaminations important. Introduction electronic waste is the term used to describe old end of life eol electronic appliances that have. This study was conducted to investigate the electronic waste workers. Waste management in tema ghana introduction tema is a coastal city, situated about 25km east of accra, it has a land area of 368. The importation of e waste from developed countries to developing countries like ghana and other countries in west africa is currently occurring on a massive scale, and is only expected to increase over time. Poisoning the poor electronic waste in ghana fairphone. Clinical liquid waste for the purposes of this paper is defined as hazardous and nonhazardous liquid waste with sufficient free liquid biswal, 20.
Much of ghana s excess waste problems could be dealt with if they were able to find a positive use for it, though that definitely isnt as easy as it sounds. Hundreds of thousands of tons of used electronics mainly from western europe and the united. This amount, in 2009, represented 280,000 metric tons of e waste that entered ghana, of which only 1% were processed through a formal facility. This study was conducted to investigate the electronic waste. Industrial strike followed by the advances in instruction technology during the last century has radically changed peoples lifestyle. Nine years after the first journalistic work on e waste dumping in ghana was published in the daily graphic june 2007, the parliament of ghana has passed the law to regulate e waste this week. The e waste processing sites in ghana exemplifies the challenges africa policy makers face with respect to e waste and its impacts on health and the environment.
Waste act of 1990, which set a goal of diverting 25% of new mexicos municipal solid waste from landfills by 1995 and 50% by july 1, 2000. E 3 4 describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. In order to manage waste, the environmental protection agency epa and the solid waste act favor an integrated solid waste. What used to be the pristine waters of the korle lagoon in the city of accra, ghana, west africa, is now an electronics dumpsite that is so toxic that neither fish nor worms can survive. Developing a conducive legal framework for sustainable. Municipal solid waste characterization and quantification as. As the study revealed awareness of e waste disposal is lacking there is an urgent need to rectify this gap in knowledge and practice. This book will also useful to most of the students who are preparing for competitive exams. Ghana annually imports around 215,000 tons of secondhand consumer electronics from abroad, primarily from western europe, and generates another 129,000 tons of ewaste every year. The pictures from burning cables, smoking piles of tvcases and children takingapart computers have been published on media channels throughout the world and gained agbogbloshie, which is the countrys biggest ewaste recycling cluster, the doubtful title as one of the worlds most polluted places. Due to uncontrolled urbanisation, large quantities of waste are generated daily in accra, and. Near the slum called old fadama, the agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for externally generated automobile and electronic scrap collected from mostly the western world.
Aug 04, 2008 ghana is the latest place where we have discovered high tech toxic trash causing ho. This amount, in 2009, represented 280,000 metric tons of ewaste that entered ghana, of which only 1% were processed through a formal facility. Price realization for electronic waste e waste in accra. The objective of the programme is to within the shortest possible time, provide households in ghana with free waste bins to achieve. This page contains e waste management seminar and ppt with pdf report. The panafrican forum on ewaste adopted a call for action on e waste in africa. The media have falsely labelled the agbogbloshie site as the worlds biggest ewaste dump i discovered no more electrical and electronic equipment eee waste, or ewaste, among the vehicles and other scrap metal than you might expect for a dump in a city of more than two million people, with a growing middle class.
We can use above mentioned methods for treatment and disposal of e waste. Regulations on the import and endoflife management of refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners 21 6. Jan, 2016 the burning truth behind an e waste dump in africa ending the toxic smoke rising from an iconic dump in ghana will take more than curbing western waste. About 500 container loads of electronic waste arrive every month, often disguised as development aid or secondhand products. Ghana is one of africas known hot spots for unsound management of ewaste. Accra, the capital, hosts a thriving secondhand market, a sprawling network of repair shops, and a range of activities which attempt to tap into the full potential of e. Ghana is reported to have imported 31,400 metric tons of used. Legislations used to regulate e waste recycling in absence of a specific e waste bill 23 6. There is little hard evidence to measure how much e waste is dumped either globally or at agbogbloshie. Ghana parliament finally passes ewaste law ghana business news.
Electronic waste or e waste is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic appliance. Electronic waste management and treatment technology 1st. Developing a conducive legal framework for sustainable management of e waste in ghana. Government policy and initiatives on ewaste in ghana by. Heavy metals concentration and distribution in soils and. Jun 03, 2017 during the workshop and noting that the presence of top stakeholders in the sector is a strong testimonial for the commitment to advance ewaste management in ghana, charge daffaires, bernhard. Electronic waste management and treatment technology applies the latest research for designing waste treatment and disposal strategies. Dec 12, 2015 in ghana, the global problem of ewaste has local consequences. Global and local implications 8 weee or e waste is often misunderstood as comprising only computers and related it equipment.
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