As the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa,Ghana annually imports around 215,000 tonnes of second hand consumers electronics from abroad, particularly from Western Europe,and generates another 129,000 tons of e-waste every year. The study warns that that Ghana's e-waste imports will double by 2020.At the Agbobloshie site,the study found the presence of lead in soil at very high levels, posing serious potential health and environment hazards to more than 250,000 people in the vicinity.