Given that while metals such as ferrous metals, aluminum and copper have high recovery rates, plastics are only recovered to some extent and are frequently burned or dumped, leading to environmental concerns due to the presence of hazardous substances like PBDEs, HBCD and other brominated flame retardants, and heavy metals in the recovered plastics, which can result in environmental contamination during waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processing in African countries.
To address the challenge of electronic and electrical waste (EEE/WEEE) in Nigeria, the country conducted an inventory under the framework of the implementation of the Basel Convention in 2012. This first inventory provided a baseline understanding of the EEE/WEEE sector in Nigeria. The case study provides an update on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the EEE/WEEE sector in Nigeria, including PBDEs listed in 2009, decaBDE, HBCD, and the POP candidate diphenyl ether, and aims to assess the flow of these POPs in the Nigerian context.
The study is Annex 2 of UNEP's “Sectoral guidance for inventories of POPs and other chemicals of concern in buildings/construction, electrical and electronic equipment, and vehicles”.
Within the framework of the “Global Development, Review and Update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants” project, in order to assist countries to review and update their NIP, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is executing Component 4, which focuses on the dissemination of information, management of knowledge and liaising with the Stockholm Convention Secretariat in providing information and tools to be integrated with existing materials and makes them easily accessible and understandable by all parties to the convention.
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