Ghana: The Dangers of Recycling Electronic Scrap
by GLOBAL 3000, Deutsche Welle (DW-World.de)
15 November 2010 – Thick dark clouds hang over Ghana's capital, Accra: Computers, fridges and TVs are manually dismantled in the city's scrapyards, and the parts burned to remove plastic from valuable metals such as aluminum, iron and copper.
People here pay a high price for recovering these valuable metals. Recycling e-waste generates high levels of pollution, and the people who work in the scrapyards are regularly exposed to toxic chemicals. Africa has become a major dumping ground for e-waste from developed countries.
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