A Shadow Economy Lurks In An Electronics Graveyard : NPR

A Shadow Economy Lurks In An Electronics Graveyard : NPR
▻http://www.npr.org/2015/01/04/374780916/a-shadow-economy-lurks-in-an-electronics-graveyard

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The average American produces an estimated 66 pounds of electronic #waste every year. You can’t compost it; it’s gotta go somewhere.

Often, in violation of the law, that means a dump in the developing world — like the region of Agbogbloshie in the West African nation Ghana.