Browsing: Scrap metal recycling

• Tanzania e-waste is growing rapidly and Dar es Salaam is quickly becoming a major informal recycling site.
• The country’s predicament is reflected across East Africa due to exponential uptake of digital products, creating a scenario akin to Agbogbloshie, the infamous 20-acres e-waste dump in Accra, Ghana.
• Often referred to as a “digital dumping ground,” Agbogbloshie receives discarded electronics from various countries, including the United States and Europe.

E-waste and scrap metal are notoriously polluting the environment around the world and the worst hit are third-world countries, and Africa is at the top of the list. Take for instance the infamous Agbogbloshie, a roughly 20-acre scrap yard in Accra the capital city of Ghana.

Over the last decade, Agbogbloshie has become the symbol of this growing crisis, that is, export, dumping and trading of electronic wastes. And while this humongous dump site may be the biggest but it is far …

According to the Business Wire report of 2021, South Africa generates up to 108 million tonnes of annual waste, about 90 per cent of this which ends up in landfills. The problem is that landfills are projected to be full in a few years to come.

The national waste management strategy gazette by the government in 2020 gives a clear direction on how to acquire raw products for metal products and how to even trade the final products.

The producer’s responsibility scheme hold the manufacturers responsible for their products and packaging to the end of their life cycle.…