With the increase in the importation of electronic equipment, many are wondering what happens to them when they become obsolete given its enormous environmental hazards.
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”