Major telecoms company MTN is partnering with Ericsson to promote e-waste recycling in Ivory Coast, this follows similar efforts in Benin Republic earlier this year.
Ericsson and MTN Côte d’Ivoire have launched a campaign to drive the awareness and collection of electronic waste (e-waste) at Sorbonne Plateu in the capital Abidjan.
The four month campaign will see citizens dispose off their old phones, computers and other electronic equipment in a 20-foot container which will also serve as an education and awareness center then later taken to an Ericsson-approved recycling partner in Durban, South Africa at the close of the campaign.
In a statement, Dr. Allah Kouadio Remy, Minister of Environment, Public Health and Sustainability said: “I would like to, on behalf of the Government, congratulate Ericsson and MTN and encourage you to continue in this direction. I would also like to take the opportunity to invite all the other companies that are not yet involved in sustainability to embrace it.”
