{"title":"Amidst Global E-Waste Trades and Green Neoliberalization","authors":"P. Little","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780190934545.003.0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter provides contextual background on global e-waste policy and politics and emerging “green” neoliberal interventions in Ghana. It explores nongovernmental organization interest in e-waste, with a particular focus on e-waste intervention in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. The chapter unearths the ways in which e-waste interventions, especially those aimed at mitigating air pollution and finding solutions to the environmental health crisis, are taking shape in Ghana. The chapter explores how e-waste intervention intersects with broader “green” urban development goals emerging in Ghana and how neoliberal efforts and infrastructures are endorsed and activated to modernize Ghana’s rapidly growing e-waste recycling and tech metal extraction economy.","PeriodicalId":331037,"journal":{"name":"Burning Matters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Burning Matters","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190934545.003.0002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter provides contextual background on global e-waste policy and politics and emerging “green” neoliberal interventions in Ghana. It explores nongovernmental organization interest in e-waste, with a particular focus on e-waste intervention in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. The chapter unearths the ways in which e-waste interventions, especially those aimed at mitigating air pollution and finding solutions to the environmental health crisis, are taking shape in Ghana. The chapter explores how e-waste intervention intersects with broader “green” urban development goals emerging in Ghana and how neoliberal efforts and infrastructures are endorsed and activated to modernize Ghana’s rapidly growing e-waste recycling and tech metal extraction economy.