Post date: 06-mar-2018 14:43:59
Title: Modelling the Transport and Distribution of Heavy Metal Pollutans from E-waste
Date: 16-march-2018, 13:00
Aula: 302, Aulario III
Material: pdf_slides , video youtube
Speaker: Eduardo del Arco
Abstract:
In Ghana, the demand for ICT and communication equipment, household electrical and electronic appliances increases annually. Most electrical and electronic equipment are imported since a very small number of them are assembled locally. Imported electronics are often used units near end-of-life, or dysfunctional old equipment from Europe and North America brought into the country with intentions for repair and sale. Very often, used electronics turn, in a short time, into permanently dysfunctional equipment called electronic waste or e-waste, which is an emerging concern for Ghana. One large site for e-waste recycling is located in Agbogbloshie, Accra. Most studies that have been carried out on the e-waste pollution at Agbogbloshie have centred on pollution effects of e-waste recycling on the localized area of activity. However, little is known about how far from the activity centre the pollutants distribute or interact with the neighborhood. In this work we propose a methodology based on geostatistics and synthetic data in order to model the performance of different sampling strategies, prior to the actual sampling activities or sensors deployment.