MANAGING E-WASTE-A REUSE STRATEGY FOR UK COMPUTERS TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATION COMPOSTING IN CAMEROON

摘要

While there has been much debate in the past as to the banning of e-waste being exported to Africa, the new paradigm today is with the reuse of this e-waste to enhance Africa's economic and social development. This paper highlights some of the setbacks underpinning the importation of e-waste into Africa from existing legislation, which has incessantly widened the gap between the haves and have-nots of information technology. Based on these, the paper presents a snapshot of a 5 year pilot project for the reuse of second-hand computers from the UK to Cameroon with the aim of driving sustainable practices in the composting of household organic waste and hence create new markets in Limbe and Douala -Cameroon through education and capacity building.