Have you ever wondered what happens to your tech garbage? Your old laptops, phone chargers, gaming consoles? Despite regulations meant to prevent it, many of them end up in Agbogbloshie — the world’s biggest e-waste dumpsite in Ghana.
Locals as young as 7 use hammers to smash laptops or burn the other outdated items to get bits of precious metals, and often suffer from the toxic mess. 26-year-old German photographer Kevin McElvaney took a series of photos of the illegal dumping. Tech has a long way to go to fix this problem.
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Source: Fox News
By Diana Falzone