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E-WASTE in South Africa BY: Ulze van Wyk FROM: Africa e-Waste Examples of E-WASTE COMPOSITION OF e-WASTE SERVICES REQUIRED • • • • • • • • House holds Audits after Logistics & lifting equipment Warehousing Refurbishment Dismantling Recycling Reports Destruction certificates • • • • • • • • Corporates Audits before, during & after Sanitization of hard drives Logistics & lifting equipment Warehousing Refurbishment Recycling Reports Destruction certificates CHALLENGES Challenges of house hold recycling of e-Waste • Awareness with the general public • Logistics, cost and lifting equipment • Assessment of equipment at collection • Informal collectors versus formal collectors at source • Refurbishment of various types of equipment • Warehousing of all types of equipment • Security as this waste is perceived as high value GOOD SIDE • 1 MILLION CELL PHONES - cover 1½ Soccer field 24 kg GOLD 250kg SILVER 9kg PALLADIUM 9 000kg COPPER 100g bar covers 3 goal boxes GOOD SIDE • 1 MILLION CELL PHONES same as To get 24kg • 3 000 ton GOLD ORE GOLD = 8 trucks GOOD SIDE • Average weight 100g – 150g – COMPOSITION • • • • • 45% PLASTIC 35% PRINTED WIRING / CIRCUITBOARD 13% SCREEN 3% MAGNESIUM 4% METALS • 1 MILLION CELL PHONES – 90ton PLASTIC – 40ton OTHER – 9,2ton GREAT REALITY • • • • • • 40 ton other Bromine – thyroid, hormone, brain, cancer Chlorine – tissue damage & destruction of cells structure Mercury – brain & kidney damage Lead – reproductive, blood & nervous system Arsenic – impacts skin, liver, nervous & respiratory systems Cadmium – deficits in cognition, learning, behaviour & neuro motor skills REALITY REALITY PRINCIPLES OF THE SA E-WASTE IndWMP • • • • • • • Opportunity to: recover valuable materials to create jobs take care of hazardous components extended Producer Responsibility of end of life awareness and education on e-waste incorporate multi-stakeholders, government, producers, academia, waste reclaimers / pickers, consumers and existing e-waste recycling industry to grow and strengthen the e-waste recycling industry in South Africa. BENEFITS OF THE SA E-WASTE IndWMP • • • • • • • • • appropriate handling of e-Waste prevent serious health & environmental damage recover valuable materials develop green industry sector in SA create jobs in line with National Development Plan industry enterprise development rural & youth skills development local utilization of recovered materials maximizing collection and consolidation of specific eWaste categories THANK YOU FOLLOW US ON Africa e-Waste @AfricaeWaste