| Title | Shifting Mountains of Electronic Waste |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Lubick N |
| Journal Title | Environ Health Perspect |
| Volume | 120 |
| Journal Date | 04 |
| Abstract | Local users are now the main source of electronic waste in Africa, but illegal imports of old computers, televisions, and other electronics devices from Europe, Asia, and North America still make their way there. That’s the finding of Where Are WEEE in Africa?, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report about waste electronic and electrical equipment—also known as WEEE, or e-waste—in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.1 A large portion of these imports are of good quality, have a decent life expectancy, and bring many socioeconomic benefits, according to the report, but the rest is hazardous junk that is often resold and recycled under unsafe conditions. |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1289%2Fehp.120-a148 |
| DOI | 10.1289/ehp.120-a148 |
Shifting Mountains of Electronic Waste
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