Nigeria

Report/StudySummaryDocuments including WEEE flows/quantities
National Environment (Electrical and Electronic Sector) RegulationsFederal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria, 2022: National regulations to provide measures for preventing and minimazing pollution from operations and ancillary activities of the electrical and electronic sector to the environment.
Guidance Document For The Implementation Of The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) ProgrammeNigerian Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), 2020: The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to all stakeholders in the Electrical/Electronics sector for the implementation of the EPR programme in Nigeria.
Person-in-the-Port Project to Examine Nigeria’s E-waste ImportsUNU, Step Initiative, 2015: The “Person-in-the-Port” project will station an expert in the harbour of Lagos for approximately six months starting in January 2015 to collect qualitative and quantitative information on imports of used EEE and to evaluate this with the other project partners. The project will focus on identifying the types and amounts of e-waste/used EEE imported, its functional status, how it is packaged, labelled and transported, its origin (exporting countries), and what will become of it once it arrives in Nigeria.
Guide for Importers of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment into NigeriaNigerian Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), 2013: This guidance document highlights some of the dos and don’ts of shipment of UEEE into Nigeria. It is intended to help importers including private persons, companies, organizations and shipping companies to differentiate between UEEE and WEEE.