| History, Problems, and Progress in E Waste Recycling In-Country |
The import of Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is on rising in Africa while landfill and incineration continued to be widely used handling approaches. Because E-waste is still not well recognized health and environment threat, less attention is given for the problem especially in African countries making the uneducated youth more vulnerable to toxic elements. It is estimated that 1.5million computers enter to South African market every year, with more new items sold each year than are recycled.There is also no national e-waste specific policy with viable policy instruments and e-waste is mostly treated as part of the general solid waste with general environmental laws and guidelines. . Both informal and formal collectors operate but mostly informal e-waste recyclers, also called “waste pickers” are involved in manual dismantling and sorting that makes them vulnerable to toxicity. |
| E-Wasters Services and Special Practices In-Country |
With the help of eWASA and supporting organisations, they have compiled a directory of recycling centres all over the country that people can access to make recycling more convenient.
E-waste collectors also offer services such as the collection of e-waste from homes and offices (often free of charge), data destruction and the responsible reuse, recovery or recycling.
There are also a number of electronic companies that buy old and broken electronics which you can take them too, in order to make recycling easier for you while getting it down. |
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