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african-e-waste-flows

record_id int64	country string	year int64	waste_type string	import_volume_tonnes float64	domestic_generation_tonnes float64	formal_recycling_tonnes float64	informal_processing_tonnes float64	material_recovery_rate_pct float64	hazardous_content_score float64	worker_exposure_index float64	informal_sector_employment int64	revenue_usd_millions float64	basel_compliance_score float64	environmental_impact_score float64	scenario string
1	Kenya	2,022	cables	1.22	14.13	1.19	14.16	58.92	3.75	37.38	0	4.42	6.05	34.66	baseline
2	Nigeria	2,020	computers	25.06	147.43	15.75	156.74	44.17	6.25	78.27	1	36.16	5.31	66.59	baseline
3	Tanzania	2,021	batteries	0.51	11.36	0.68	11.19	42.45	10	79.54	0	2.07	4.88	72.48	baseline
4	Nigeria	2,018	cables	14.25	72.75	8.1	78.9	63.21	3.36	19.04	0	15.23	6.2	39.13	baseline
5	Ghana	2,023	phones	17.99	27.3	3.9	41.39	57.13	5.64	70.72	0	6.92	4.95	40.77	baseline
6	Tanzania	2,022	phones	10.09	21.92	2.7	29.31	61.39	6.04	36.47	0	8.59	5.7	45.36	baseline
7	Nigeria	2,022	phones	70.81	142.61	13.84	199.58	57.62	5.19	66.91	1	30.07	5.1	39.34	baseline
8	Ethiopia	2,017	computers	5.73	28.83	2.76	31.8	46.17	8.87	65.28	0	4.68	4.8	61.59	baseline
9	Nigeria	2,023	cables	13.14	88.04	8.2	92.98	69.18	3.77	29.79	0	28.61	5.12	41.27	baseline
10	Nigeria	2,017	phones	38.94	84.68	8.81	114.81	49.99	4.62	37.34	1	23.91	5.83	43.49	baseline
11	Uganda	2,021	cables	0.78	10.17	0.93	10.02	58.32	3.41	31.3	0	3.02	5.07	35.13	baseline
12	Tanzania	2,021	cables	3.18	20.98	1.98	22.18	78.11	3.1	31.44	0	2.84	6.05	28.6	baseline
13	Nigeria	2,018	computers	36.3	155.09	19.41	171.98	51.71	7.17	43.6	1	37.15	6.06	58.84	baseline
14	Ethiopia	2,017	computers	3.74	31.63	4.1	31.27	46.32	6.9	85.22	0	9.27	4.99	53.54	baseline
15	Ethiopia	2,018	batteries	1.03	14.39	0.75	14.67	29.83	8.48	106.43	0	1.63	5.77	54.27	baseline
16	Nigeria	2,020	phones	81.53	119.9	12.17	189.26	45.4	5.44	37.96	1	46.36	5.18	53.48	baseline
17	South Africa	2,020	appliances	31.56	119.02	14.8	135.78	59.14	6.88	76.7	1	29.03	5	59.66	baseline
18	Nigeria	2,015	computers	56.09	115.48	15.16	156.41	41.96	8.8	96.13	1	33.6	5.62	78.39	baseline
19	Nigeria	2,021	phones	52.1	116.22	11.66	156.66	53.87	6.2	77.56	1	37.95	5.27	47.64	baseline
20	Ghana	2,022	phones	14.06	23.86	2.6	35.32	51.59	6.12	71.2	0	7.31	5.5	58.79	baseline
21	Ethiopia	2,017	appliances	8.47	69.13	6.16	71.44	52.73	5.33	47.68	0	16.22	4.73	41.8	baseline
22	DRC	2,019	phones	10.13	45.58	3.47	52.24	59	4.55	27.34	0	12.35	5.87	51.03	baseline
23	South Africa	2,015	phones	9.21	31.32	3.48	37.05	50.63	4.76	28.93	0	4.2	6.19	44.24	baseline
24	Nigeria	2,023	computers	56.39	222.47	31.95	246.91	50.39	7.8	75.2	1	45.11	5.93	46.96	baseline
25	Nigeria	2,015	computers	62.8	130.61	14.02	179.39	37.13	8.43	97.43	1	40.94	4.75	80.63	baseline
26	DRC	2,017	phones	9.7	40.86	4.15	46.41	48.66	4.51	46.15	0	13.9	5.62	44.51	baseline
27	Ethiopia	2,017	phones	7.36	26.69	3.04	31.01	59.65	4.81	35.89	0	3.48	5.7	41.36	baseline
28	Ethiopia	2,016	phones	4.94	20.24	2.11	23.07	52.83	6.4	37.03	0	5.05	5.37	55.12	baseline
29	South Africa	2,018	appliances	26.24	114.2	13.34	127.1	59.93	7.48	63.83	1	16.16	6.16	53.56	baseline
30	DRC	2,017	phones	3.49	39	3.96	38.53	47.04	5.06	62.36	0	9.09	5.41	45.76	baseline
31	Ghana	2,018	appliances	24.28	67.69	7.42	84.55	59.94	7.78	99.91	1	18.75	5.84	66.05	baseline
32	Ethiopia	2,015	batteries	0.29	8.88	0.46	8.71	29.67	10	110.66	0	2.47	5.29	71.34	baseline
33	DRC	2,023	cables	2.14	41.93	4.83	39.24	71.05	3.11	32.24	0	8.23	5.09	34.5	baseline
34	South Africa	2,022	appliances	25.38	122.68	17.84	130.22	52.83	7.75	61.33	1	20.24	6.26	45.37	baseline
35	Uganda	2,019	computers	4.33	15.18	2.2	17.31	41.47	8.23	48.2	0	2.85	6.32	66.35	baseline
36	Kenya	2,022	appliances	7.24	54.23	5.82	55.65	44.37	6.92	57.08	0	9.84	5.1	57.98	baseline
37	Nigeria	2,019	phones	70.85	131.44	12.1	190.19	65.48	6.15	78.67	1	36.57	6.21	53.12	baseline
38	Nigeria	2,015	computers	50.01	156.95	24.05	182.91	43.74	8.39	67.82	1	21.26	4.74	56.52	baseline
39	Nigeria	2,015	computers	58.17	143.2	22.62	178.75	47.58	8.32	89.04	1	26.43	5.09	57.99	baseline
40	Nigeria	2,022	batteries	6.25	70.02	2.64	73.63	38.24	9.89	116.27	1	14.78	5.6	82.03	baseline
41	Kenya	2,021	computers	8.84	28.69	3.79	33.74	40.73	6.52	35.85	0	6.18	5.4	66.98	baseline
42	Kenya	2,022	phones	6.48	21.09	2.1	25.47	60.68	6.1	54.49	0	2.97	4.75	54.44	baseline
43	Kenya	2,017	computers	5.75	21.76	2.6	24.91	44.18	8.23	55.47	0	7.12	5.53	75.03	baseline
44	Ethiopia	2,019	computers	4.64	34.08	2.81	35.91	38.44	6.47	58.14	0	7.15	5.81	46.44	baseline
45	DRC	2,022	appliances	26.4	185.83	16.42	195.81	46.56	7.34	81.18	1	34.58	5.47	61.78	baseline
46	Kenya	2,022	phones	7.07	15.46	2.04	20.49	61.85	4.43	52.08	0	2.61	5.89	36.21	baseline
47	South Africa	2,020	batteries	0.88	19.75	1.15	19.48	37.13	10	116.27	0	3.93	5.64	79	baseline
48	Tanzania	2,023	computers	13.98	39.94	5.17	48.75	41.31	7.62	59.58	0	7.17	5.28	61.96	baseline
49	DRC	2,022	computers	6.52	89.92	8.81	87.63	44.36	9.1	57.04	1	24.82	6.02	58.74	baseline
50	Nigeria	2,023	appliances	127.46	473.62	62.23	538.85	58.05	5.77	71.07	2	144.79	5.55	53.07	baseline
51	DRC	2,018	computers	8.18	59.86	5.64	62.4	45.17	7.78	74.13	0	7.33	4.9	50.36	baseline
52	Nigeria	2,020	phones	45.62	118.11	15.44	148.29	63.67	6.46	40.95	1	21.61	4.78	57.47	baseline
53	South Africa	2,022	batteries	2.36	26.21	1.52	27.05	40.44	8.58	64.05	0	4.28	5.65	70.01	baseline
54	Tanzania	2,017	appliances	14.7	70.68	8.64	76.74	52.71	6.16	50.57	0	11.76	5.57	50.7	baseline
55	Ghana	2,018	appliances	20.13	64.19	9.03	75.29	59.18	7.29	46.99	0	20.5	4.73	58.84	baseline
56	Senegal	2,015	batteries	0.28	2.8	0.13	2.95	35.17	10	95.95	0	0.51	5.95	57.63	baseline
57	Ethiopia	2,019	phones	10.58	29.61	2.73	37.46	50.1	5.28	40.89	0	4.79	4.84	46.55	baseline
58	Ethiopia	2,018	phones	9.2	29.1	2.05	36.25	59.64	6.04	51.44	0	4.41	6.06	55.99	baseline
59	Nigeria	2,018	computers	65.42	141.67	22.77	184.32	46.36	7.91	64.7	1	51.07	4.68	59.44	baseline
60	Kenya	2,020	phones	5.08	15.57	1.77	18.88	55.16	4.85	42.65	0	3.96	5.37	54.5	baseline
61	Kenya	2,020	phones	4.04	14.73	1.42	17.35	66.93	5.36	51.82	0	2.51	5.17	42.37	baseline
62	Kenya	2,022	phones	5.7	21	1.63	25.07	45.81	5.39	53.23	0	4.77	5.54	49.98	baseline
63	Kenya	2,018	phones	6.89	13.14	1.9	18.13	53.39	4.95	49.97	0	2.48	5.86	49.14	baseline
64	Nigeria	2,022	computers	57.58	176.21	22.24	211.55	43.05	7.84	92.95	1	57.26	6.31	61.98	baseline
65	DRC	2,018	cables	1.46	34.41	3.06	32.81	82.92	2.63	16.1	0	4.97	5.64	27.83	baseline
66	DRC	2,018	batteries	1.06	20.08	0.87	20.27	29.12	10	84.01	0	5.2	5.04	90.6	baseline
67	DRC	2,022	computers	11.25	92.67	7.57	96.35	45.73	7.67	84.84	0	13.83	5.74	57.86	baseline
68	Nigeria	2,016	cables	5.5	68.05	8.95	64.6	60.63	3.37	24.25	0	19.22	5.02	32.36	baseline
69	Nigeria	2,020	cables	11.75	100.35	11.8	100.3	71.41	3.37	38.26	1	20.66	5.26	42.91	baseline
70	Nigeria	2,017	computers	41.07	142.1	14.4	168.77	43.36	8.3	64.05	1	39.91	6.22	67.25	baseline
71	Nigeria	2,018	computers	62.85	144.16	22.5	184.51	54.39	6.58	64.4	1	33.65	5.36	58.33	baseline
72	Ethiopia	2,017	phones	8.49	26.67	2.95	32.21	51.11	5.65	45.98	0	4.19	6.24	47.49	baseline
73	Nigeria	2,022	phones	76.46	147.55	19.41	204.6	61.28	5.75	72.7	1	52.47	4.76	53.75	baseline
74	Nigeria	2,015	phones	39.91	82.14	11.44	110.61	45.75	5.88	44.65	1	33.39	5.46	61.15	baseline
75	DRC	2,021	phones	7.74	40.37	3.02	45.09	47.7	4.53	49.1	0	5.01	5.2	48.96	baseline
76	DRC	2,016	phones	6.31	38.93	4.16	41.08	54.38	5.37	67.85	0	7.64	6.21	38.52	baseline
77	Nigeria	2,015	computers	43.22	135.72	17.34	161.6	52.89	9.11	99.9	1	42.58	5.07	55.17	baseline
78	Kenya	2,018	phones	6.86	16.36	1.51	21.71	65.47	4.46	28.66	0	6.74	5.99	36.35	baseline
79	Ethiopia	2,022	cables	2.08	22.2	1.89	22.39	85.64	2.92	36.45	0	5.1	5.06	26.82	baseline
80	Nigeria	2,017	computers	75.61	178.86	24.69	229.78	40.79	7.69	74.8	1	47.87	5.49	74.35	baseline
81	DRC	2,022	phones	5.32	56.86	5.77	56.41	64.34	5.36	44.37	0	6.49	6.08	35.73	baseline
82	Ghana	2,016	cables	1.75	11.93	1.14	12.54	77.97	3.26	19.9	0	1.57	6.08	31.37	baseline
83	Tanzania	2,017	phones	8.35	20.24	2.23	26.36	51	6.28	71.63	0	7.5	5.84	59.33	baseline
84	Ethiopia	2,020	appliances	14.53	75.13	12.02	77.64	50.42	7.53	39.4	0	24.2	4.68	62.33	baseline
85	Senegal	2,016	phones	3.03	6.46	0.92	8.57	59.2	4.93	49.26	0	1.1	5.93	44.88	baseline
86	Uganda	2,019	phones	4.19	10.41	1.22	13.38	46.52	5.02	53.63	0	2.31	5.7	40.1	baseline
87	DRC	2,018	cables	2.24	34.15	3.3	33.09	59.14	3.69	30.12	0	3.44	4.94	41.67	baseline
88	Uganda	2,023	computers	4.97	19.18	2.43	21.72	40.87	6.36	65.41	0	6.55	4.92	56.82	baseline
89	Uganda	2,018	phones	2.45	11.3	1.33	12.42	54.2	6.31	44.68	0	3.05	5.28	60.88	baseline
90	Tanzania	2,023	cables	3.75	24.51	3.2	25.06	81.45	3.61	35.26	0	8.32	5.69	36.85	baseline
91	Tanzania	2,015	computers	5.63	30.1	3.33	32.4	40.96	6.59	67.05	0	6.16	6.3	47.46	baseline
92	Tanzania	2,016	appliances	13.91	63.22	7.09	70.04	55.11	7.48	83.15	0	8.79	5.07	69.51	baseline
93	Nigeria	2,020	phones	41.67	108.24	13.1	136.81	66.16	4.52	42.36	0	39.56	5.27	39.39	baseline
94	Uganda	2,016	computers	1.94	17.92	1.97	17.89	54.32	6.48	76.91	0	4.25	5.17	63.55	baseline
95	Uganda	2,018	appliances	7.25	34.45	3.28	38.42	59.2	6.66	76.99	0	8.32	5.88	42.68	baseline
96	Nigeria	2,023	computers	56.14	240.16	34.28	262.02	43.01	6.66	72.54	1	58.35	5.86	50.06	baseline
97	Uganda	2,017	cables	0.61	6.98	0.62	6.97	69.24	2.88	33.68	0	1.38	6.07	34.22	baseline
98	Ethiopia	2,022	appliances	13.53	95.34	12.04	96.83	41.5	6.27	60.47	1	23.43	6.31	49.04	baseline
99	Kenya	2,016	phones	6.76	14.24	1.23	19.77	61.09	6.34	44.4	0	2.75	6.08	48.65	baseline
100	Nigeria	2,022	batteries	8.34	68.99	2.63	74.7	37.97	9.07	80.56	0	15.51	5.66	65.11	baseline

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African E-Waste Flows

Synthetic dataset modelling e-waste generation, import flows, processing pathways, and environmental impact across 10 Sub-Saharan African countries under 3 policy scenarios.

Variables

Variable	Description
`record_id`	Unique row identifier
`country`	Country name
`year`	Reporting year
`waste_type`	Category of e-waste
`import_volume_tonnes`	E-waste imported (tonnes)
`domestic_generation_tonnes`	Domestically generated e-waste (tonnes)
`formal_recycling_tonnes`	Processed via formal sector (tonnes)
`informal_processing_tonnes`	Processed via informal sector (tonnes)
`material_recovery_rate_pct`	% of materials recovered
`hazardous_content_score`	Hazard level (0–10)
`worker_exposure_index`	Worker health risk index
`formal_sector_employment`	Formal sector jobs
`informal_sector_employment`	Informal sector jobs
`revenue_usd_millions`	Revenue in USD millions
`basel_compliance_score`	Basel Convention compliance (0–10)
`environmental_impact_score`	Composite environmental impact (0–100)
`scenario`	Policy scenario

Scenarios

baseline — Current trajectory, ~15% formal recycling
enforcement_basel — Stricter Basel Convention enforcement, 35% formal recycling
informal_dominance — Weak governance, dominant informal processing (~5% formal)

Geographical Context

Ghana (Agbogbloshie) — One of the world's largest e-waste processing sites; informal dismantling with significant health and environmental impacts.
Nigeria (Alaba International Market) — Major hub for second-hand electronics imports and informal refurbishment in West Africa.