Recycling e-waste reduces mercury contamination for human and environmental health and provides a pathway towards the rehabilitation of prisoners
Recycling e-waste reduces mercury contamination for human and environmental health and provides a pathway towards the rehabilitation of prisoners
The Her Majesty's Prison has requested ongoing computer training toward rehabilitation of the prisoners and apart from providing basic computer training, the team will also add repairs of computers which would normally go to cook?s landfill and be buried. The problem is that computers are classified as E-waste and contain mercury which is toxic and when buried in the landfill these toxic chemicals seep into the earth and contaminate our soil and water supply. When incinerated, the atmosphere and the air we breathe gets polluted with these contaminants. Researchers have proven that e-waste causes minor, serious and detrimental health complications. Antigua has signed on to the Minamata Convention and aims to phase out and phase out mercury by 2020. Computers that are no longer used are comingled with regular household waste, dumped and buried in the Cooks landfill but this opportunity will provide meaningful benefits to reutilize and repurpose through recycling computers going to waste, by adding new components which can bring a longer life cycle to the computer.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Another Chance Ministries
Country:
Antigua and Barbuda
Area Of Work:
Chemicals
Grant Amount:
US$ 5,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 6,500.00
Project Number:
ATG/SGP/OP6/Y6/CORE/CH/2020/34
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed

SGP Country office contact

Ms. Shawna K. Natalya Lawrence
Email:

Address

Hodges Bay, P.O. Box W420
St John's, West Indies, 00000