As a part of efforts to deal with the environmental, well being and monetary issues brought on by improper electronic waste management within the nation, an electronic waste agency, E-Terra Technologies Limited has deployed environmental pleasant solutions to organizations for correct disposal of electronic waste recycling and information safety in Nigeria.
To create consciousness on the hazards related to improper dealing with and disposal of e-waste, the agency has additionally developed a framework with related stakeholders via trainings and workshops to curtail the menace.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of E-Terra Technologies Limited, Ifeanyi Ochonogor disclosed this through the agency’s e-waste recycling exposition 2018 in Lagos. Ochonogor, who acknowledged that E-terra is dedicated to the expansion of the casual sector, described e-waste disaster as a ‘Trojan Horse’ which have been discovered to be far more hazardous, invidious and pervasive to the setting.
Empirical research have indisputably linked the rising prevalence of illnesses like most cancers, diabetes, and immuno-cardiovascular illnesses to the publicity to electronic waste supplies which include many hazardous substances, like lead and mercury. While electronic merchandise could include reusable and precious supplies, the E-Terra boss added most electronic units have storage media elements that include confidential info.
These units, he mentioned, should be correctly erased for reuse, or completely destroyed if undesirable to forestall confidential info leakages as information leakages can result in severe monetary, mental property and safety breach.
“Most often e-waste is not properly handled by trained personnel with efficient machinery capable of containing its numerous toxic components and this result in severe environmental devastation in form of air pollution/ozone layer depletion, groundwater contamination, food pollution and nationwide ecological contamination.”
The Special Guest of Honour and Commissioner for the Environment, Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, who acknowledged thatwaste is without doubt one of the main environmental challenges within the nation, sought the contribution of each the private and non-private sector to deal with challenges.On well being points related to the menace, Durosinmi-Etti highlighted a number of the environmental results of e-waste because it impacts people via contamination of soil and the air.
The keynote presenter, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, described waste as goldmine and urged Nigerians to take heed to the well being hazards.Highlights of the occasion have been classes of awards introduced to deserving regulators and companions. The “Green Enablers” awards have been for regulators and companions which have embraced the imaginative and prescient for a secure and sustainable setting whereas “Green Champions” awards have been for corporate organizations which have recognised the significance of eco-friendly e-waste management in Nigeria.