While over 80 per cent of the world's high-tech wastes
lands up in land-fills in Asia and Africa, Nigeria is emerging
as one of the top dumping grounds for toxic, chemical and
electronic waste from the developed world[6]. According to
the Basel Action Network (BAN), a Seattle-based environmental
group, an estimated 500 shipping containers with a
load equal in volume to 400,000 computer monitors or
175,000 large TV sets enter Lagos, Nigeria each month. As
much as 75 percent of such shipments are classified as
e-waste[7]. The recycling, parts salvaging, distribution and
the disposal of these discarded electronic devices are now
creating a new set of environmental and public health challenges
in Nigeria