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[...]viewing waste management as a central pillar in countries’ ability to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a necessity and there are vital roles of multiple actors to make this a reality. [...]there is a need for society to identify and utilise creative mechanisms to help convert waste into a valuable resource, which can then be reused. Overconsumption, poor waste-management strategies and technology obsolescence have also imposed pressures on national and local governments to develop more effective environmental, economic and social policies aimed at reducing electronic and other forms of waste that contaminate the environment and bring about serious adverse effects on population health. The authors investigate the role of “awareness of consequences” in the adoption of shaded cocoa agroforestry in Ghana (the largest producers of cocoa in the world, along with Ivory Coast). The final paper by Frederick Ahen and Joseph Amankwah-Amoah draws our attention to sustainable waste management innovations in Africa and proposes new perspectives and a research agenda for improving global health.