Traders from Europe, the USA, China and India
illegally dump tons of e-waste on the shores of Ghana or loosen their load at
sea to keep from paying duty taxes. This
is the results.
See and read more from the
original article at Aljazeera
Traders
from Europe, US, China and India label their containers as "Development
Aid" or "Second-Hand Products", and in the end, up to 500
containers find their way, illegally, to Tema Harbor. While countries around the
globe expect proper recycling, illegal dumping became a lucrative business that is destroying sea life, if not already, will soon have an effect on the fishing industry; the coast of West Afrika and the environment.
In a recent post on Chief Nana Kweku Egyir Gyepi III Facebook Page, Rosanna Silvestro,
who is a naturalist says: “On
a recent visit to Ghana, West Africa, I was shocked and saddened by the
condition of the environment. In particular, a place called Nungua...where I
witnessed this ugly mess on the shores of the beach.
This pile of waste washed
up one morning and stayed there as people walked,
exercised and played in the water, which had a rather nasty stench. A contented
pig rummaged through the waste, which comprised of mostly clothing, shoes,
plastic bags and many other bits and pieces which are dangerous to the safety
of sea life. I was told that people dump used clothing off the shipping
containers off shore as they head for Tema Port in Ghana, to avoid paying
duties and other taxes. “ Rosanna Silvestro is the owner of Origins Art
& Permaculture Design.
Emmanuel Nat Doku
a local Ghanian environmental activist has with his comrades stage anti GMO demonstrations in
Ghana. He says, “I have consulted
environmental protection agency for advice as I organise to start waste
segregation and full
time recycle business to employ more youth as we sanitise and modernise our
heritage…” in an attempt to promote tourism and turning over more revenue to support other key sectors,
Doku says, “to keep the vision of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah alive with more innovation
from my smart and superb team…”
Ghana's
e-waste Mecca at the Agbogbloshie dump-site near Accra has also created a
socio-economic and environmental disaster. Agbogbloshie is the world's biggest e-waste dump-site located close to Accra, Ghana.
Nana Kweku Egyir Gyepi III who is the Senior Divisional Chief of the Central Regional District in Cape Coast Ghana, is not only concerned with the preservation and conservation of the environment, he has been working with other groups to improve health and economic stability in rural areas as well as small townships and communities to promote sustainable living in all of Ghana!
The Chief is currently working, with opposition and rejection of the large conglomerates such as Private Investors for Afrika (PIA). PIA has refused to work with community leaders to improve areas where their member companies operate insisting that they "do not work outside their group of companies" and that they are "not a charity".
PIA is an 11-member team that consists of Aramex, BASF, Coca Cola, Diageo, General Electric, Heineken, Kimberly Clark, Lafarge, Standard Bank of South Africa working as Stanbic, Unilever (Procter & Gamble) and Yara International. The controversial Monsanto has also had a presence in Ghana as well as Afrika. Monsanto consists of Dow Chemicals, DuPont, Black Water, BASF, and Syngeta who either produces seeds, and/or pesticides. Monsanto is a multinational chemical/bioteck corporation that produces Genetically Modified Foods (GMO) of which Bill Gates owns a sizable amount of shares.
Nana Gyepi is the founder of SUCARDIF and has been brainstorming a program that would initiate an incentive program that would prevent illegal dumping and provide a monetary incentive for those who recycle, as well as to initiate municipal recycling centers. Nana is working in collaboration with HLT Publishers to produce and publish a "Green" manual that would be beneficial for leaders all over the Continent to implement a plan that would help to clean up the environment, beaches and protect wild-life sites. His goal is to shoot for a cleaner environment in the Central Region and all along the Coast to return the natural beauty of Ghana's beaches and to promote jobs and tourism.
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| Coca Cola is one of 11 members of the PIA Group |
PIA is an 11-member team that consists of Aramex, BASF, Coca Cola, Diageo, General Electric, Heineken, Kimberly Clark, Lafarge, Standard Bank of South Africa working as Stanbic, Unilever (Procter & Gamble) and Yara International. The controversial Monsanto has also had a presence in Ghana as well as Afrika. Monsanto consists of Dow Chemicals, DuPont, Black Water, BASF, and Syngeta who either produces seeds, and/or pesticides. Monsanto is a multinational chemical/bioteck corporation that produces Genetically Modified Foods (GMO) of which Bill Gates owns a sizable amount of shares.
Nana Gyepi is the founder of SUCARDIF and has been brainstorming a program that would initiate an incentive program that would prevent illegal dumping and provide a monetary incentive for those who recycle, as well as to initiate municipal recycling centers. Nana is working in collaboration with HLT Publishers to produce and publish a "Green" manual that would be beneficial for leaders all over the Continent to implement a plan that would help to clean up the environment, beaches and protect wild-life sites. His goal is to shoot for a cleaner environment in the Central Region and all along the Coast to return the natural beauty of Ghana's beaches and to promote jobs and tourism.
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