The Permanent Secretary in the ICT and National Guidance Ministry, Aminah Zawedde, says her department is undertaking a review of the country’s more than 10-year-old e-waste management policy, which will guide the government on the disposal of old electronics. These will be collected at gazetted centres to be set at a later date.
Now, these are key statistics: According to the Round Up organisation, there is over 347 million tonnes of unrecycled e-waste on Earth in 2025. Annual e-waste generation is approximately 2.5 million tonnes across Africa. Betty Ndagire reports.
