1. GROUP FOURTEN (14)
ELECTRONIC WASTE MANAGEMENT IN GHANA, ITS EFFECT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALITY

2. INTRODUCTION Importance of electronics Information Entertainment
Education
Working and domestic tools
Communication tools
Storage
How is waste from electronics
Dealt with in Ghana
WHAT IS E-WASTE?

3. PROBLEM STATEMENT What is the problem? E-waste management
Source of problem
Second hand imports
Improper management

4. PROBLEMS OF E-WASTE MANAGEMENT(PROBLEM STATEMENT)
Regulatory framework(law)
Market structure
Education
Technology and capital

5. EFFECTS OF E-WASTE Effects can be divided into three: Health effects
Environment effects
Financial effects

6. HEALTH EFFECTS ELEMENT E-WASTE PARTS HEALTH PROBLEMS ARSENIC
LED LIGHTS
Cancer, skin diseases, nervous system damage
LEAD
CRT SCREENS AND BATTERIES
Mental retardation (children)
CADMIUM
CRT SCREENS
Kidney problems
CHLORO-FLORO CARBONS
COOLING UNITS
Ozone layer depletion
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
TRANSFORMERS AND CONDENSERS
Cancer
Lung cancer
Blood cells damage
CARBON MONO OXIDE
CRT SCREENS AND LED LIGHT
lung damage
damage to blood cells
CHROMIUM AND PHTHALATES
COOLING UNITS AND BATTERIES
Respiratory diseases

7. ENVIROMENTAL EFFECTS
SOIL POLLUTION
WATER POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION

8. SOLUTIONS Public business model National disassembling plant(s)
Regional disassembling plant(s)
District disassembling plants
Public business model

9. SOLUTIONS Managerial training Technical training Sales training
Education and Capacity training
Managerial training
Technical training
Sales training

10. SOLUTIONS
Institutional and legal framework to control imports of Electric and electronic equipments
Partnership with electronic companies
Passage of e-waste law
Strengthening of existing regulatory bodies such as E.P.A

11. RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALITY
Quality dimension
Conformance
Perceived image
Total quality management principles
Continual improvement
Customer satisfaction
Systems approach
Cost of quality
Financial
Loss of lives

12. CONCLUSION
AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE START UNDERSTANDING THE NUMEROUS EFFECTS OF E-WASTE BOTH BY DEALERS AND NON-DEALERS ALIKE AND ADEQUATE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO MINIMIZE ITS EFFECTS.

13. REFERENCES
Oeko-institute(2015), e-waste in africa; risk, challenges and solutions.
Abdulahi abdulrahman, 2015
Dailymail.co.uk
Edmund, k ( 2015, november 13), deputy director (chemical control management centre), E.P.A
Mathew, A.( november 2012), dealing with e- waste in Ghana
Macdougall Clair (2012, January 31), Agbogbloshie, West africa’s biggest e-waste dump.

14. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS