Let’s tap e-waste revenue stream, not waste chance
Samuel Waithuki displays a reading lamp made from an old adapter and antennae at his workshop at Kiandu in Nyeri county on January 22, 2018. He is using e-wastes to make other gadgets for sale.
Kenya has made key milestones as well with various policies focused on e-waste.
E-waste is an ‘urban mine’; it contains several precious, critical and noncritical metals that, if recycled, can be used as secondary materials.
E-waste are electronic products that are unwanted, not working and nearing or at the end of their ‘useful life’ and contain toxic additives or hazardous substances.
Increasing levels, low collection rates and non-environmentally sound disposal and treatment of this waste stream are risks to the environment and human health.
