Carmignac photojournalism award
Muntaka Chasant: Timber Market, Accra, Ghana. February 16, 2023.
Carmignac photojournalism award
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Ghana: following our e-waste : a collaborative reportage by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Muntaka Chasant and Bénédicte Kurzen
The 13th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award is dedicated to Ghana and the ecological and human challenges associated with the transboundary flow of electronic waste. The award was granted to a team made up of investigative anti-corruption journalist and activist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and photojournalists Muntaka Chasant and Bénédicte Kurzen (NOOR).
E-WASTE TODAY
62 million tons. This is the volume of electrical and electronic waste - discarded battery- or mains-powered products, commonly known as «e-waste» - generated worldwide in 2022, according to the latest Global E-Waste Monitor Report published by the United Nations. The number of smartphones, connected watches, flat screens, computers and tablets being thrown away continues to rise (82% increase since 2010), making them not only one of the world’s biggest sources of waste, but also the most valuable (containing precious metals like gold, silver and platinum group metals). According to the study, if this trend continues, in the absence of sustainable recycling or repair solutions, global electronic waste will reach 82 million metric tons by 2030. In 2022, of the 62 million tons of e-waste, only 22,3 % were collected and recycled in a dedicated channel.*
Having long invaded Asia (Russia, India, China, etc.), e-waste from Europe and the United States is arriving in extensive quantities in the ports of West African countries such as Ghana, in violation of international treaties. A country renowned for its political stability and respect for a multi-party system, Ghana is faced with the proliferation of informal open-air landfill sites even closer to homes, after the dismantling of the Agbogbloshie scrapyard site in July 2021.
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