Professor Rosemond Boohene, the Project Coordinator of E-Waste Management Ghana (E-MAGIN) has said the use of electrical and electronic equipment and the high rate of obsolescence of the equipment leads to an increased generation of e-waste. [more]
Professor Rosamond Boahene, Project Coordinator of Electronic Waste (e-waste) Management in Ghana has called for proper recycling and collection systems to reduce the disastrous environmental and social impact of the current e-waste management practices
She said in Ghana, the sector was largely unregulated with the informal sector as the key manager of E-waste and are without proper application of current collection, separation and disposal trends to ensure the environmental friendliness of E-waste.
Africa: The European Union is to invest Euro 1.2 million in Ghana's 'E-MAGIN' electronics recycling project over the next four years.
The European Union (EU) is providing 1.2 million Euros to fund the E-Waste management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana) project over the next four years.
The project will be implemented in 8 regions to promote the formalisation of the e-waste management industry to provide legitimate and safe jobs for the thousands of people who handle e-waste in the country. [more]
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