Do you know where your e-waste goes?
Photographer Albert Bonsfills captures life in the Chinese town of Guiyu, where most of the world’s electronic garbage is processed.
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Photographer Albert Bonsfills captures life in the Chinese town of Guiyu, where most of the world’s electronic garbage is processed.
Nitric acid 1: water 2 E-waste (electronic waste) recycling has come up as a huge and rapidly growing industry all over the world. If you search on the internet, you will find a lot of people wanting e-waste. Many people world wide are keen to start this electronic waste recycling business. A great number of … Read more
Reporters travel to China to follow the E-Waste trail from America. Video Rating: / 5
The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their computers, phones and other products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with its toxic components, winds up in poorer nations — and that very little recycling is … Read more
The world’s disposal of electronic waste is increasing, and it’s China that receives about 70 percent of it. Processing the growing mountain of electronic junk has come at a high cost for many living in and around the factories. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Beijing.
The E-Waste Curse: The deadly effect of dumping E-waste in Pakistan Pakistan has become an illegal dumping ground for some of the 50 million tons of e-waste created each year. Karachi’s poor earn a living from the toxic detritus, but the vicious cycle of consumption could prove fatal. In Pakistan, the massive arrival of electronic … Read more
Video Rating: / 5 Here’s how e-waste gets recycled. Whole computers, televisions and printers in one end and shredded and sorted bits of metal, plastic and circuit board out the other and it is pretty cool to watch. Because of the toxic materials in e-waste it is important to make sure it gets recycled properly. … Read more