Group asks Nigerian governmtn to establish electronics recycling plants
The Society for the Promotion of People’s Rights, an NGO, has called on the Nigerian Federal Government to set up special recycling plants for electronic scrap materials as a means of protecting the environment. The President of the organisation, Williams Osaze, made the call in Abuja on Monday. He said that electronic waste was dangerous and harmful to human beings and the environment. He said that the establishment the recycling plants would facilitate efforts to sort out electronic waste into usable and non-usable components. Osaze said that nearly 75 per cent of old electronic items in the country continued to be stored in households because of the dearth of recycling options. He noted that old electronic devices contained toxic substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium. He, therefore, underscored the need for proper processing and recycling of electronic waste so as to ensure that the toxic materials were not released into the environment. Osaze said...