Assessment and Recommendation on E-Waste Disposal in Nigeria

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Executive Summary
The report has shed light on the e-waste disposal in Nigeria and the impact of this on the
hazardous condition of nature. The country is under threat as the company, dealing with
electric equipment, have destroyed or refinement their obsolete products in the land and that
creates some severe action in human and environment. The aspect of recommendation is also
mentioned after addressing the points. Dismantling and demolition is the process that
recommended in that process and all these effects on the Nigerian economy, sociological
factor and environment.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................4
2. Aims and Objectives..........................................................................................................5
3. Scope and limitation: Transformer and other electrical equipment...................................5
4. Literature review....................................................................................................................6
4.1 Product compositional and e-waste..................................................................................6
4.2 E-waste exports and conventions.....................................................................................7
4.3 E-waste categories development indicator.......................................................................8
4.4 E-waste in Nigeria............................................................................................................9
4.5 E-waste project in Africa...............................................................................................10
4.6 Recyclers........................................................................................................................11
4.7 Organisational context...................................................................................................11
5. Methodology........................................................................................................................12
5.1 Research Philosophy......................................................................................................12
5.2 Research Approach........................................................................................................12
5.3 Research Design.............................................................................................................13
5.4 Data Collection methods................................................................................................14
5.5 Sampling technique........................................................................................................15
5.6 Analysis of data collection.............................................................................................15
5.7 Ethical considerations....................................................................................................15
5.8 Timeline.........................................................................................................................15
6. Recommendation..................................................................................................................16
Recycling technologies........................................................................................................16
Sustainable e-waste management.........................................................................................17
Complementary service........................................................................................................17
Dismantling and demolition.................................................................................................17
7. Conclusion............................................................................................................................18
References................................................................................................................................19

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Topic: Assessment and Recommendation on Waste electrical equipment in
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
1. Introduction
The legitimate way of pre-processing and post-processing way of refurbishing
obsolete electronic devices are the concern issue of this matter. The grimy use of materials is
the major aspect of this, so largest toxic problems are predicting in the 21st century. To
illustrate the problem consequences, some of the general understanding and some change in
policies are important in that case and the government has to take some initiative over the
matter. The issues are not only created of government regulation but also, some of the non-
government organisations have taken the initiative to reform the process. They comprise of
the mobile phone, lawn mowers, and satellite devices, computer parts all these are important
in that case as these are the materials that will be destroyed or refrained by the waste
electrical equipment and these are being disposed of in the ground (Oyedepo 2012). The level
of toxicity and the effect on the human is the crucial matter in that case and it can be
mitigated by the effective techologies.
In that case, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is one of the most emerged
companies in Nigeria and they have defunct the National Electric Power Authority. So, TCN
is now the most happening company that process the unbundled business unit under the
Power Holding Company of Nigeria (Tcnorg.com 2018). The activities like system operation,
electricity trading and electric transmission are the relevant in that case. To be the world-class
electricity transmission company is the vision of the company and the some of the core
values are maintained in that case (Sthiannopkao and Wong 2013). Teamwork, motivation,
commitment, creativity, accountability, and innovation professionalism all these values are
important in that case to plan, build and uphold a consistent grid for the company.

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2. Aims and Objectives
The aim of the research is to identify the possible human effect due to the toxic
disposal of equipment and the possible worst consequence for that. The factors are wide in
range and they have a relative effect that causes some severe problems.
The basic objectives of the research are:
 To understand the possible effect that carries through the toxic disposal in human
 To evaluate the process of toxic outcomes through the different parts of the machines
related to electronic and automobile equipment
 To measure the categorical discrimination and process of recycling that may cause the
differentiation in trade and deliver a sustainability in case of mankind
3. Scope and limitation: Transformer and other electrical equipment
The concern value of the research helps in approaching to people at huge in number
especially in Nigeria. The company is one of the most influencing electric companies in that
nation and chemical balancing and tons of waste disposal, in that case, may process in
increasing number and that is the contaminated process of techniques and process. There is
some vital information of the product cases align with the process and that estimated the
amount of toxic disposal in the soil (Tcnorg.com 2018). E-waste is informal in sense of
reflecting the influx of e-waste across the border of Nigeria. The economic data are very
tough to collect as the process of activities are somehow related to the gathered data. The
practitioners are part time or full time so the process of surveying and interviewing is hectic
in that case.
There is a certain limitation in getting information and the import-export figures are
important in that case (Oyedepo 2012). The recycling procedures are good for that matter and
sometimes the procedure of secondary research is not possible due to money. Some of the

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journals are paid and the researcher has not enough money to have all those. Some of the
employees related to the work are not answering in a proper way or they have some other
reasons not to answer anyone, so eventually a mishap happens.
4. Literature review
4.1 Product compositional and e-waste
Some of the e-waste contains process are very much hazardous as the elements that
are creating problem aligned with them. The material like cadmium, beryllium, lead,
mercury, and brominated flame all these things are posing an environmental health threat.
Some of the precious metals are also creating a problem like gold related metals, platinum,
palladium, iridium, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium all these are creating impact over the
environment as the liquefied process of the material mixed with soil, water and air and that
impacted very badly through the process (Wäger and Hischier 2015). Low recovery of
material is there and that is the concern reason, in that case, materials are heavily
contaminated and crude recovery technique effects over the environment.
E-Toxin Source of E-Toxin
Arsenic Found from the light emitting diodes and computer chips
Cadmium Cadmium coating contains and corrosion prevent devices are
the source of this. NiCad batteries are also important and
carcinogen effects in that case.
Chromium Used in case of making hard the plastics and used in the
pigments. The coating of some part metals chromium has been
used.
Halogen Insulation and plastics
Lead Cathode ray tubes