Vehicle Packed with Used Electronics Arriving in Lagos (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

Vehicle Packed with Used Electronics Arriving in Lagos

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A UN-backed study has revealed that 41,500 tons of used electrical and electronic equipment -- almost 70% of the 60,000 tonnes of UEEE reaching Lagos in both 2015 and 2016 -- arrived inside vehicles destined for Nigeria's second hand auto market, an import route never before thoroughly assessed. Another 18,300 tons arrived in shipping containers.

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UNU & BCCC-Africa

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