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Nigeria clamps down on e-waste imports
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Nigeria has had a gutsful of being the world's e-waste dumpsite and has ordered its customs service and security and environmental agencies to clamp down on illegal imports of potentially toxic electronic waste.
Environment Minister John Odey said that the dumping and and open-air burning of these electronic items are stopped. He added that he would work with the European Union and the United States to ensure stricter control of e-waste.
According to Greenpeace, Nigeria had become a dumping ground for electronic waste such as televisions disguised as second-hand goods. Last year more than 500 containers with 400,000 second-hand computers were unloaded every month in Lagos.