Photos: Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste
Toxics e-waste documentation - Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste
A worker sorts through a pile of e-waste, Longgang, China. Much of modern electronic equipment contains toxic ingredients. Vast amounts are routinely and often illegally shipped as waste from Europe, USA and Japan to countries in Asia as it is easier and cheaper to dump the problem on poorer countries with lower environmental standards. This practise exposes the workers and communities involved in dismantling e-waste to serious, environmental problems, danger and health hazards. Greenpeace is strongly urging major manufactures to exclude toxic materials from their products.
Up to 900 containers a week are arriving in Africa and Asia from Western Europe and the US, according to e-waste experts.
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