Six myths about electronic waste in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
▻https://africasacountry.com/2019/03/six-myths-about-electronic-waste-in-agbogbloshie-ghana
Agbogbloshie is an urban area in Ghana’s capital Accra, housing a vegetable market, a scrap metal yard,
National Geographic’s 2018 photo contest winner shows stunning aerial view of the desert
▻https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/12/grand-prize-winner-photo-contest-environment-cars-mojave-desert-
thousands of Volkswagen and Audi cars sitting idle in the Mojave Desert near Victorville, California.
#photograph by Jassen Todorov, 2018 National Geographic photo contest
▻https://www.google.com/maps/place/Victorville,+Californie,+%C3%89tats-Unis/@34.5965788,-117.3950358,842a,35y,180h,39.04t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c3645a63ddd279:0xd95115925f43476!8m2!3d34.536218
après quelques recherches, voici la vue sur google map, l’avion est à la même place.
C’est pas loin de Apple Valley :/
Adelanto est une municipalité située dans le comté de San Bernardino, dans l’État de Californie. Sa population était de 31 765 habitants selon le recensement de 2010. Le nom adelanto est espagnol et signifie « progrès » ou « avance.
Street View – août 2015
The Southern California Logistics Airport—also known as Victorville Airport—is known for storing retired airplanes, eventually to be used as scrap metal or parts. But following the 2015 news that Volkswagen was manufacturing cars that subverted emissions tests, the vast stretch of land adjacent to the airport became a boneyard for recalled vehicles.
à côté il y a le stockage des avions, pas mal non plus !
Et si vraiment tu veux stocker tes poubelles, tu as un petit lopin pas loin pour moins de 10000€
▻https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Adelanto-CA/137761124_zpid/16684_rid/34.828459,-117.234421,34.493541,-117.80777_rect/10_zm/1_fr
Racoon Ave
Adelanto, CA 92301
2,78 acres
LOT/LAND
$12,000
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This 2.78 acre parcel is flat and has incredible views any direction you look. It is easily accessible, located just off Highway 395 and is very close to the growing City of Adelanto. This land is also located near Southern California Logistics Airport. Nearby local amenities includes Heritage Field, the High Desert’s baseball stadium and Racetown 395 motorcycle park, along with dinning and shopping just down the road. Buyer to verify all.
Dutch hope Indonesia will help solve mystery of missing WWII battleships | Reuters
▻http://in.reuters.com/article/netherlands-indonesia-missing-ships-idINKBN13D20D
The Dutch prime minister on Friday called the disappearance of the wreckage of several allied warships dating back to the 1942 Battle of the Java Sea “unacceptable” and expressed hope that Indonesia would help solve the mystery.
A team of international divers searching for Dutch, British and American warships ahead of the 75th anniversary of the decisive World War Two battle discovered that two Dutch ships, the De Ruyter and the Java, are no longer where they sank, the Dutch Defence Ministry said. Part of a third ship, the Kortenaer, had also disappeared.
The three ships were part of a fleet of allied vessels, including Australians, that set off from the last remaining allied port in Southeast Asia, the Indonesian city of Surabaya, to stop the Japanese advance. It was defeated and thousands were killed when the vessels were sunk.
“The fact alone that war graves were violated is an extremely serious matter, with far reaching implications for the survivors and for all of us,” Rutte told journalists in The Hague on Friday.
Three Countries Unite To Solve Nautical Mystery – gCaptain
►https://gcaptain.com/three-countries-unite-solve-nautical-mystery
Amateur divers discovered the wrecks of three Dutch warships in 2002, 60 years after they were sunk in the battle of the Java Sea against Japanese forces.
But an international expedition that sailed to the wreck site before next year’s 75th anniversary of the battle was shocked to discover the wrecks of the ships and those of others had gone. It is believed the ships were removed by illegal scavengers looking for scrap metal, an effort that could have taken years.
Britain expressed distress at the disappearance of its own three warships and asked Indonesia to take “appropriate action” to protect the sites from further disturbance.
Three Countries Unite To Solve Nautical Mystery – gCaptain
►https://gcaptain.com/three-countries-unite-solve-nautical-mystery
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/29339ea8b3a19088d19e8313f1fe6ce64c45d9c5/0_0_1175_599/master/1175.jpg Amateur divers discovered the wrecks of three Dutch warships in 2002, 60 years after they were sunk in the battle of the Java Sea against Japanese forces.
But an international expedition that sailed to the wreck site before next year’s 75th anniversary of the battle was shocked to discover the wrecks of the ships and those of others had gone. It is believed the ships were removed by illegal scavengers looking for scrap metal, an effort that could have taken years.
Britain expressed distress at the disappearance of its own three warships and asked Indonesia to take “appropriate action” to protect the sites from further disturbance.
The Battle for New York City’s Trash - The New Yorker
▻http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-battle-for-new-york-citys-trash
▻http://video.newyorker.com/watch/notes-from-all-over-the-battle-for-new-york-city-trash
Each evening at around 11 P.M., Luqman Stroud and his brother Aje drive a van through the streets of Brownsville, New York, searching dumpsters and trash heaps for scrap metal: a broken fridge, a rusty stove—anything that can be sold to a salvage yard. It is an arduous way to make a living: their haul may fetch as little as a penny a pound.
Stroud is a fourth-generation scrapper; he says that his great-grandfather started collecting old tractors when slavery was still legal. A century and a half later, scavenging scrap metal is still the family business. But, in 2007, the city made it illegal for anyone other than the Sanitation Department to pick up curbside recyclables with a car, threatening Stroud’s livelihood and his family’s entrepreneurial tradition. In response, Stroud and his father, who passed away in 2012, sought to reverse the legislation by mobilizing fellow-scrappers to unite and lobby local politicians for support. The experience has opened Stroud’s eyes to another possible career path—he is now studying for the LSAT.
IN PHOTOS : At Gaza scrap yard, remnants of the 2014 war
Palestinian workers at a scrap metal yard in East Gaza City sort and store the metal collected from houses destroyed in the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants.
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.704692.1456135609!/image/3834054413.jpg_gen/derivatives/size_1406x1055/3834054413.jpg 
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.704693.1456135753!/image/3655806653.jpg_gen/derivatives/size_1406x1055/3655806653.jpg 
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Delhi faces a scrap metal mountain as NGT orders 29 lakh old vehicles to be taken off roads... in a city with no scrapyards | Daily Mail Online
▻http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2858145/Delhi-faces-scrap-metal-mountain-NGT-orders-29-lakh-old-vehicles-taken-
29 lakh = 2 900 000.
Indian Student Builds #Drone Bomber for £400
▻http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/drone-india-student-pakistan-kashmir-china-uav-501190.html
A 21-year-old computer science student in India has come up with a design for a drone bomber aircraft made of scrap metal and costing £400, IBTimes UK has learned.
The unmanned aircraft cost Subhanjan Saha about £610 (60,000 Indian rupees) and he is hoping the Indian army will buy his design.
The cost of the aerial vehicle will fall to £400 for bulk orders, said Saha.
The battery-operated drone, codenamed Safety Aircraft for India (SAFI), can fly at an altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 feet and has a range of 10km.
The prototype is capable of dropping bombs and launching rockets. But Saha admits that the machine’s operational effectiveness needs to be improved. The inexpensive materials used in the aircraft could also be replaced with more advanced ones, he adds.
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Dangerous work : « The Mine » in Guatemala City
►http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/dangerous_work_the_mine_in_gua.html
In Guatemala City, a place called “The Mine” can deliver both a means of survival and a grisly death. Every day, dozens of residents salvage a living by scouring the massive dump for scrap metal. Facing the threat of mudslides, collapses, and disease, they can potentially earn twice the daily minimum wage. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd documented their efforts.
Miguel carries a hand full of metal he collected in the contaminated water. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
