This is reality, and it’s not pretty.
Meet Alex Gorosh. He's a filmmaker from Los Angeles, who had one question — Where does all of our e-waste go? So, Gizmogul sent him to West Africa to do a little research, and this is what he found.
E-Waste, also know as electronic waste, is defined as disposed computers, office electronic equipment, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones, television sets, and refrigerators.
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According to Alex, 50% of all electronic waste from the U.S. gets shipped abroad. And the majority of that waste goes to Agbogbloshie, Ghana, West Africa.
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Once the e-waste arrives at the landfills in Agbogbloshie, workers take the electronics apart and either sell the scraps or burn them.
In an article by the Huffington Post, Hunter College public health professor Jack Caravanos said the smoke from the burned plastic contains "significant" traces of arsenic, copper, chromium, and the "scary" carcinogens dioxins.
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In the video, Ghanian local Kwame says: "Lots of these guys have no money and no place to sleep. So, it's just a matter of life because they have to survive."
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