Interview: “Electrical and Electronic Wastes Need Special Treatment”
Armel Poughela, Country Director of Solidarité Technologique.
Solidarite technologique is currently managing the first e-waste recycling centre in Central Africa on Cameroonian soil. Could you briefly explain to us how you carry out your activities?Lire aussi : Informal Dealers Coping But Fuelling Hazards
Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) needs special treatment and our NGO, Solidarité Technologique, through the WEEECAM project has so far been working day-in-day-out to ensure that this kind of waste is properly managed given its environmental hazards. According to the existing legislature, we have a permit from the Ministry of Environment to actually carry out this activity in Cameroon. First of all, we start from the collection phase. We collect from companies and households. Companies actually pay us to collect their electronic waste. We are experiencing stiff competition from the inform
Electronic Waste Management: Growing Cause For Concern
Joseph Tsopkeng is an electronic repair technician who owns a shop at the
Tam Tam weekend neighbourhood in Yaounde. His workshop is filled with electrical appliances which have been abandoned by its owners. It is a huge quantity for him to manage given that the 34-year-old Cameroonian had spent over 20 years of his life in electronic repairs. Though hazardous, Joseph has no choice than to dump the unusable parts of the electrical equipment outside or better still, sell parts like motherboards to passers-by. “I can sell a kilogram of motherboards for FCFA 500,” he stated but confessed that he is ignorant of where it goes to. Lire aussi : Interview: “Electrical and Electronic Wastes Need Special Treatment”