Following the E waste Trail
September 1, 2009 - 4:43 pm
Greenpeace has been investigating the immoral and illegal e-waste dumping in developing countries since 2002. After China, India, Pakistan and Ghana, this is the story of how one very broken TV managed to avoid being tested and recycled according to EU regulations and instead ended up in Nigeria as “second hand goods”
Find out more about the Greenpeace investigation – http://www.greenpeace.org/bearingwitness/nigeria
Duration : 0:3:23
Toxic electronic goods are sent to many countries around the world, including Asian and African countries. This report focuses on Ghana, which receives a lot of the World’s used electronic goods and waste.