Assessing data in the informal e-waste sector: The Agbogbloshie Scrapyard
Waste Management, ISSN: 0956-053X, Vol: 139, Page: 158-167
2022
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The Old-Fadama-Scrapyard, better known as Agbogbloshie, is located in Accra, Ghana. Over the last 20 years, the area has developed into a large scrapyard, where the informal sector processes mainly electronic waste (e-waste) and scrap metals. However, unsafe treatment methods, such as the open burning of cables and foams, and the spilling of hazardous liquids onto the ground, cause environmental pollution and create health risks by releasing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals. There is a recognized lack in literature of data on e-waste mass and material flows due to the lack of applicable methods to measure e-waste quantities in an informally managed treatment system. However, to establish sustainable e-waste management, e-waste mass and material flow data are crucial prerequisites. Therefore, the material flow analysis (MFA) methodology is proposed as a means for data collection within a limited time frame in the informal e-waste recycling context. In this case study, mass and material flows of e-waste processed at Agbogbloshie were estimated using two different approaches: Firstly, the kind, measures, constitution of load and number of loaded entering and exiting vehicles was observed and documented, and second, to validate the data collected, the mass and material flow of e-waste treatment processes on site were observed and documented. The resulting annual mass flows range between 13,090 t/a and 17,094 t/a of e-waste. Based on the data for Ghana from the Global E-waste Monitor, an average of 15,092 t/a (approximately 39% of the Ghanaian e-waste generation) is treated in Agbogbloshie.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X21006711; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.026; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85121900867&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34971903; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0956053X21006711; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.12.026
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