The Digital Dump: Exporting Re use and Abuse to Africa
The Digital Dump: Exporting Reuse and Abuse to Africa exposes the ugly underbelly of the global trade in toxic, obsolete, discarded computers and other escrap. Electronic waste is collected in developed nations and sent to developing countries by waste brokers and socalled recyclers. In Lagos, 500 40foot containers are brought to ports each month, but as much as 75 of the electronics on these ships are broken beyond repair, and must be disposed of. Consequently, this hazardous ewaste is being di br, br,
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