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e-Waste Assessment TanzaniaCPCT / EmpaRegulatory and Local Authorities National Environment Management Council (NEMC) Tanzania Communication Regulatory Agency Radiation Commission Tanzania Revenue Authority Tanzania Communication Regulatory Agency BRELA City and Municipal AuthoritiesOthersCleaner Production Centre of TanzaniaSmall industries Development OrganizationAcademic and Research Institutions (i.e.. Institutions of higher learning, R & D institutions)Financial Institutions and Banks (e.g. CRDB, NMB, NBC, Stanbic, Standard Chartered Bank, etc)Industry Associations (e.g. TCCIA, CTI, Private Sector Foundation, etc)Employers’ Associations (e.g. ATE)Telecommunication companies (e.g. Vodacom, Tigo, Zantel, Zain, Sasatel, TTCL, etc).Fair competition CommissionGovernment Asset Management & Procurement Agency36/75
e-Waste Assessment TanzaniaCPCT / Empa6 Massflow assessment6.1 Massflow system chartAn overview of the computer life cycle stages in Tanzania is given in Figure 10. The main stages are import,distribution through retailers and consumption. Once the equipment reaches the end-of life as per the opinionof the first consumer (government sector, private companies and private households & small businesses) it isnormally stored for unspecified time. After storage computers in the government sector and in private companiesare auctioned, donated or sold directly to second hand consumers, which in most cases are privatehouseholds & small businesses. Other options include the use on-site and/or off-site as spare parts by technicians(not shown in the diagram). Private households & small businesses also store the unused computers forunspecified time. A small portion eventually ends up in the waste stream and is disposed of either illegally orin official dumpsites together with other municipal wastes. The only route to material recovery seems to existthrough informal collectors & refurbishers, who are selling the unusable computers and computer parts toinformal dismantlers. Informal dismantlers either sell their fractions to mainly metal recyclers or dispose ofthe fractions which cannot be sold either illegally or in official dumpsites. In some cases private households& small businesses decide not to collect their faulty equipment from the repair workshops, which is an indirectway of disposing of e-waste.CollectionDistribution Consumption Material recoveryDisposal& RefurbishmentImportof newcomputersImport ofsecondhandcomputersDistributors /retailersof newcomputersRetailers of2 nd -handcomputersGovernmentsectorPrivatecompaniesAuction /donation/ directInformalcollectors &refurbishersInformaldismantlersMetalrecyclersInformaldumpingHouseholds& smallbusinessesRepairworkshopsOfficialdumpsitesFigure 10: Massflow diagram of computers in Tanzania, current situation as of 201037/75
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