Abstract
This paper presents an inventory of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and opportunities for the recycling sector in South Eastern Nigeria. The outcomes reveals that there are about 128 types of WEEE which fell into ten distinct groups. This proffers stakeholders, more especially the regulatory agencies, with a guide in predicting seasonally generated WEEE as well as appropriate approaches adopted as sustainable management strategies.Keywords: Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), Used electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE), South Eastern Nigeria
Highlights
E-waste is an informal and popular name for Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE)
The mounting volume of WEEE worldwide has become of great concern to many nations which seeks sustainable options to discard used electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE) (Ayodeji, 2011; The Guardian, 2012; Vanguard, 2013)
With an annually generated estimate placed at 1.1 million tonnes of WEEE, Nigeria is comparably faced with huge volume of WEEE in West African (Basel Convention, 2011; Okorhi, Amadi‐Echendu, Aderemi, 2015)
Summary
E-waste is an informal and popular name for Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE). Conferring the year 2011 Basel Report on WEEE, Nigeria was reported to be the leading shipper of UEEE, trailed by Ghana, with the UK singled out as the main distributing nation of electrical and electronic devices, trailed far behind by France (Basel Convention, 2011). WEEE suggests important opportunities to generate safe enterprises and employments It have substances of significant value like palladium and indium as well as valuable metals like steel, copper, silver and gold.
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