Research E-Waste

E waste is what is basically old/used no good electronic items that we no longer need or want.
hundreds if not thousands of tons of this e-waste is being dumped/shipped to 'third world' country's sometimes legally sometimes illegally.

These are supposed to be 'recycled' but many of the products cannot be recycled and due to the materials used within them, they become very harmful to the environment and humans also.

These are some of the people who get what they can from the E-waste to sell what they can to make some money for for food.
they dismantle parts to separate bits for burning, this is hazardous for a main reason that it releases Mercury and barium into the air and soil then polluting the ground and any potential drinking water.

Women in Guiyu, China, sort wire that has been torn from discarded computers. The wires are sorted during the day and burned at night, releasing carcinogenic hydrocarbons and dioxins near areas where many families live.

Photo courtesy Basel Action Network 2001