HR: 14:00h
AN: A23D-01    [Abstracts]
TI: NewChallengesThreateningtheOzoneLayer
AU: * ABUBAKAR, B
EM: babaganabubakar2002@yahoo.com
AF: NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY, NO.27,ARALILE STREET,OFF TEJUOSHO ROAD,SURULERE,LAGOS,NIGERIA, SURULERE, LAG 234, Nigeria
AB: Since the beginning of the 1990's when the importation of fairly used Refrigerators, Air-conditioners and propellants that can easily go broken containing chlorofluorocarbon substances that is capable of destroying the Ozone layer started in commercial quantity in Africa, the African refuse mountains began metamorphosing into mountains of dumped broken Refrigerators, Air-conditioners and Propellants which are collectively becoming a threat to the Ozone layer, because of the continuous discharging of the Chlorofluorocarbon gases by the refuse in to the atmosphere in each passing second.. Nobody can actually quantify the numbers of Refrigerators, Air-conditioners and Propellants imported and disposed in Africa over the last fifteen years, but the facts still remains that the numbers of metamorphosing mountains keeps on increasing in both size and numbers in each passing day. They have even become sources of raw materials for the local blacksmiths, children and refrigerators repairers who use parts of the dumped refrigerators, Air-conditioners and Propellants for their constructions, toys and repairs respectively. This explains the reason why despite the global efforts toward protecting the Ozone layer by the United Nations (UN), governments, International Organizations and climatologist among many others, but yet the hole in the Ozone layer keeps on expanding and the global temperature keeps on rising which resulted in the unusual phenomenon like the hurricanes "Katrina" and "Rita" the unusual floods in China, Thailand, Mozambique and to some extent even the Tsunami disaster that claims millions of lives in 2004.The Rapid rising in temperature of the Tropical world countries and increase in the cases of cancer patients among many other unusual happenings over the last eight years. It was in review of the above situation that this research work was conducted and came up with the under listed suggestions/Recommendations: 1. The UN should use its capacity to discourage the importation of fairly used refrigerators, Air-conditioners and propellants to Africa and at the same time assist in the subsidy of the newer ones coming to Africa, so that the average African can afford buying them. 2. The UN through her specialized agencies on climate and meteorology in collaboration with sister related organizations should send their teams of researchers to come and investigate the trend of this ugly situation in other to proffer possible lasting solutions. 3. The African Union (AU), UN and other stakeholders on the World climate change should jointly encourage the companies manufacturing Refrigerator, Air-conditioners and propellants to open their factories in Africa, where their products are needed most, as this will help stop the importation of the fairly used refrigerators, Air conditioners and Propellants. 4. The AU should pass a resolution banning the disposal of these items in the refuse. 5. Special companies in charge of disposing or the recycling of the Refrigerators, Air-conditioners and the propellants should be encourage to come to African countries for their operations. 6. Technicians should also be encourage by the various African governments to retrain the local African black smiths and refrigerator repairers on how to use alternative sources of their raw materials in the absence of the Refrigerators, Air-conditioners and propellants dumped in the refuse. I believe that if the above suggestions/recommendations are adopted and implemented it will help in saving the Ozone Layer in one hand and protect the entire World in the other. Thanks for listening.
DE: 6699 General or miscellaneous
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly