In an article published in The Christian Science Monitor on April 25, 2013 Yepoka Yeebo, correspondent, analyzes how increasing disposable income in Ghana enables consumers to purchase new appliances, creating growth in dump-yards of cast-off appliances.
According to the article, “As Ghana’s economy booms, its consumers no longer want used appliances shipped in from the West. Now that ‘e-waste’ is filling dumps and causing environmental woes.”
You may read the article on The Christian Science Monitor internet site.