The e-waste mountains – in pictures. The Guardian, October 18 2016.
Sustainable development goal target 12.5 is to reduce waste. But with a planet increasingly dependent on technology, is that even possible?
As of today, over 30m tonnes of electronic waste has been thrown out so far this year, according to the World Counts. Most e-waste is sent to landfills in Asia and Africa where it is recycled by hand, exposing the people who do it to environmental hazards. Photograph: Kai Loeffelbein/laif
Kai Loeffelbein’s photographs of e-waste recycling in Guiyu, southern China show what happens to discarded computers.
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