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The StEP Project \u201cPerson in the Port (PiP)\u201d has been satisfactory completed by StEP members BCCC Africa and UNU with support from US-EPA and BMZ\/GIZ and the final report is now available here (directer link zum report –\u00a0 http:\/\/collections.unu.edu\/eserv\/UNU:6349\/PiP_Report.pdf <\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\tFindings of this 16 months lasting work show that:<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThousands of tonnes of e-waste are shipped illegally to Nigeria inside used vehicles<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tabout 3\/4 of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to two ports in Lagos in both 2015 and 2016 originated from EU ports;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt least 15,400 tonnes were non-functional<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTVs, monitors are largest category (almost one-third by weight), followed by photocopiers, fridges<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t70% \u2014 41,500 tonnes \u2014 of the UEEE reaching Lagos each year arrived inside vehicles destined for Nigeria\u2019s second hand auto market, an import route never before thoroughly assessed<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOverall, around 77 % of the assessed UEEE imports originated from ports in the EU, mainly from Germany and the United Kingdom (around 20 % each), followed, with some distance by Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Ireland (between 9 % and 6 %). China and the USA each account for around 7 % of the total imports.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
  • \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlmost all of the importers or their agents are Nigerians, of which 80% are located within the Lagos metropolis <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    The target of the project<\/strong>\u00a0is to acquire funding for a comprehensive project in this area which can support decision making around the job creation potential of different e-waste policies.<\/p>\n

    Project lead:<\/strong>\u00a0Colin Fitzpatrick, Limerick University<\/p>\n

    Project members:<\/strong>\u00a0UNU, RLG, Memorial University, US-EPA, DRZ<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Person in the Port (PiP) The StEP Project \u201cPerson in the Port (PiP)\u201d has been satisfactory completed by StEP members BCCC Africa and UNU with support from US-EPA and BMZ\/GIZ and the final report is now available here (directer link zum report –\u00a0 http:\/\/collections.unu.edu\/eserv\/UNU:6349\/PiP_Report.pdf ).\u00a0 Findings of this 16 months lasting work show that: Thousands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amirait.in\/wp-swi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}