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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
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House holds
Audits after
Logistics & lifting
equipment
Warehousing
Refurbishment
Dismantling
Recycling
Reports
Destruction
certificates
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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
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8 trucks
GOOD SIDE
• Average weight 100g – 150g
– COMPOSITION
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45% PLASTIC
35% PRINTED WIRING / CIRCUITBOARD
13% SCREEN
3% MAGNESIUM
4% METALS
• 1 MILLION CELL PHONES
– 90ton PLASTIC
– 40ton OTHER
– 9,2ton GREAT
REALITY
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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
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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
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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
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