DanWatch, a consumer group, say that around half a million second-hand computers are imported to Nigeria every month, most of which end up dumped on waste sites around the port city of Lagos.
Consumers International call for exporting countries to implement tougher monitoring procedures to ensure second-hand electronic goods are in a meaningful working order before being shipped. Obsolete electrical equipment is waste and, as such, illegal to export to developing countries. It should be disposed of or recycled in the country of origin using environmentally sustainable methods.