Environmental advocacy groups have called on developed countries to ban export of electronic waste to Nigeria. E-Waste Relief Foundation and other eco-activists, made the appeal during the 2021 edition of Students ...
Environmental advocacy groups have called on developed countries to ban export of electronic waste to Nigeria. E-Waste Relief Foundation and other eco-activists, made the appeal during the 2021 edition of Students Sustainability and E-Waste Awareness Programme at the Yabatech Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos.
They are in danger of direct chemical poisoning leading to organ dysfunction, or disorders as a result of indirect exposure to hazardous chemicals.According E-Waste Relief Foundation, the programme is a way of catching them young, teaching students to protect the environment from the dangers of e-waste.
On why he took the campaign to the school, he said: “The students are the future, anybody who is not talking to them is not thinking about sustainability. We need them to be sensitised on electronic waste and harms it can cause users as well as how to recycle them.
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