The use of cloud technology to promote e-waste awareness for under-resourced villages in South Africa

Ethics number: 214259684/2022/12The study aimed to develop a cloud-based technology solution to promote e-waste awareness in the under-resourced villages of South Africa. The proposed solution is expected to mitigate hazardous dangers posed by the littering and mismanagement of e-waste. In answering the study's questions and achieving its aim, the study adopted a qualitative research strategy embracing a case study design. Two cases of under-resourced villages in the province of Eastern Cape were chosen for the study. The two cases studied are Village A (case1 ) and Village B (case 2). Village A and Village B are under Municipality C. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, co-design methods and document analysis. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect primary data while document analysis and co-design methods were used for collecting secondary data.伦理编号：214259684/2022/12。本研究旨在开发一款基于云的技术解决方案，以提升南非资源匮乏乡村的电子垃圾（e-waste）认知水平。该拟议方案有望缓解电子垃圾随意丢弃与不当管理所带来的危险危害。为解答研究问题并达成研究目标，本研究采用定性研究策略，结合个案研究设计。研究选取东开普省的两处资源匮乏乡村作为案例：A村（案例1）与B村（案例2），两村均隶属于C自治市。数据采集采用半结构化访谈、协同设计方法与文档分析：半结构化访谈用于收集一手数据，文档分析与协同设计方法则用于收集二手数据。