Policies to Strengthen E-Waste Management for Sustainable Waste Management in West Africa

Policies to Strengthen E – Waste Management for
Sustainable Waste Management in West Africa
Sustainable Management of ‘E-waste’

Introduction
• The E-Waste or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment(WEEE) is a kind of waste
which cannot be taken for granted nor can be put upon a single entity as a cause for it
• E – Waste or WEEE are the broken parts or the parts which are obsolete and not useful
for any purpose. These cause severe damage to health and ecosystem of the earth
(Baldé and et.al, 2017).
• The product design and consumer need diversifies the waste generation by leaps and
bounds
• Yearly 1000’s of tonnes of WEEE are being generated as a result of customer varied
needs and design developments in each country
• Sweden is trying for ‘0’ Waste Generation by the end of 2021
• The total ‘0’ is not possible in near future for many countries but we can manage them
using sustainable practices

Audience
• Producers
• Consumers
E waste or the electronic waste
or WEEE is not entirely fault of
neither Consumers nor
producers. This has to be
understood by all as its effecting
our whole ecosystem and there
by effecting many lives.

AIM
• If this WEEE is managed properly by recycling of the useful
components and landfill scavenging for them there will be a huge
reduce in E Waste (Kumar and et.al, 2017).
• Further they can be managed by the products LIFE CYCLE ASSESMENT,
MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS, MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS & EXTENDED
PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY effectively.