<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Siddharth Prakash</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manhart, Andreas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yaw Amoyaw-Osei</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Obed Opoku Agyekum</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Socio-economic assessment and feasibility study on sustainable e-waste management in Ghana</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inspectorate of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands (VROM-Inspectorate) and the Dutch Association for the Disposal of Metal and Electrical Products (NVMP)</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.oeko.de/oekodoc/1057/2010-105-en.pdf</style></url></web-urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ewasteguide.info/files/Prakash_2010_Oeko.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Öko-Institut e.V. &amp; Green Advocacy Ghana</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Freiburg, Germany / Accra, Ghana</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">118</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In 2009, the VROM-Inspectorate and the Dutch Association for the Disposal of Metal and Electrical Products (NVMP) assigned a study to assess the socio-economic impacts of the informal e-waste sector in Ghana and explore opportunities for linking the informal sector with international enterprises for sustainable resource efficiency and improved social and environmental standards. To achieve these goals, the current e-waste recycling system in Ghana was studied and compared to the end-of-life management in Europe. Thus, important information related to the sector’s size, characteristic working conditions and contribution to the economy was collected in this study. Furthermore, the applicability of alternative recycling technologies in Ghana was analyzed on the basis of specific environmental, social and economic benefits. Drawing from this research, possible business models were sketched that could help to tap social and environmental improvement potentials. Special emphasis was on strategies to incorporate the existing informal sector in sustainable e-waste management in Ghana. The study was carried out by the Öko-Institut e.V. (Germany) and Green Advocacy (Ghana) in coordination with the &quot;e-Waste Africa project&quot; of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>