Ghana - European e-waste damages health and environment
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The new report 'What a waste' from makeITfair reveals the health and environmental problems of the uncontrolled flow of e-waste from Europe to Ghana. Each month,
around 600 containers of second-hand electronics arrive in Ghana. Most of it is obsolete and ends up being burned at dump-sites. The UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy and Spain are the top exporters of used computers to Ghana. (...)
The article:
http://somo.nl/news-en/european-e-waste-damages-health-and-environment-in-ghana/
More about:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1009772
The Report:
http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3721
Sull'argomento:
http://www.altreconomia.it/site/fr_contenuto_detail.php?intId=3105
http://www.scienze-naturali.it/ambiente-natura/il-lungo-viaggio-del-televisore-inglese
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