Africa dumping ground for electronic waste - NEW REPORT.

A tsunamni of techno-trash making its way from rich to poorer countries - that is how an environmental watchdog characterizes the electronics dumps found in Lagos, Nigeria.

In a recent report the Basel Action Network identifies the illegal export of electronic trash to Africa.

Under the Basel Convention such exports are illegal, but one of the largest exporter, the U.S., has not ratified the treaty, and many European governments are lax in upholding the laws regulating electronic exports.

There is a legitimate market for electronic re-use in Nigeria, but much of the export just gets dumped. Dangerous chemicals may then leak into the groundwater, or pollute the air when the trash is burnt.


Summary:

A tsunamni of techno-trash making its way from rich to poorer countries - that is how an environmental watchdog characterizes the electronics dumps found in Lagos, Nigeria.

In a recent report the Basel Action Network identifies the illegal export of electronic trash to Africa.

Under the Basel Convention such exports are illegal, but one of the largest exporter, the U.S., has not ratified the treaty, and many European governments are lax in upholding the laws regulating electronic exports.

There is a legitimate market for electronic re-use in Nigeria, but much of the export just gets dumped.

Dangerous chemicals may then leak into the groundwater, or pollute the air when the trash is burnt.

NOW DAYS THERE IS A LATEST CASE IN IVORY COAST,

concerning enviromental dumpig along the port of ivory coast....