Africa has been the dumping ground of used electronic goods by developed countries since 2006.
e-waste
UNEP Urges Proper Electronic Waste Disposal
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report called “Recycling from E-waste to Resource” in a meeting in Bali, indonesia on the Basel Convention urging developing economies to prevent dumping of e-waste from develop countries that threaten human health and the environment.