In its list of recommendations to combat illegal dumping of e-waste, BAN urges governments to pressure manufacturers to remove toxic chemicals from products as soon as possible. That is a move that IT industry analysts and other environmental groups also say is the only truly effective measure to protect the environment.
BAN also calls on strict enforcement of the Basel Convention and lauds Australia for its efforts in that regard. Australia requires full testing of electronic waste to certify that it complies with the Basel Convention before it is exported.
At the same time, developing countries need help to create "environmentally sound waste management systems," BAN said. Such efforts should not be part of continuing to export hazardous wastes to those countries, "but rather as a necessity for any country that must deal with all kinds of wastes. Adequate waste management is as vital to society as clean air, clean water and clean food, for today, without it, we will have none of these things we have taken for granted since the beginning of time."
The full text of the report based on BAN's investigation in Lagos can be found at http://www.ban.org/.
(Michael Malakata in the News Service Lusaka, Zambia, bureau contributed to this report.)
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