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"Hazardous Products" message painted by Greenpeace activists onto the roof of Hewlett-Packard HQ building in Palo Alto, California.

A HP (Hewlett-Packard ) representative attempts to take a HP laptop bearing the message “HP: Harmful Products” on the screen and held by a Greenpeace activist wearing a mask to mimic the HP (Hewlett-Packard) Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd outside the Hewlett-Packard (HP) China headquarters in Beijing, China - 25 June 2009. Greenpeace are demanding the company take back the toxic laptops and producer a ‘greener’ product.

European e-waste arrives illegally in Nigeria to be sold as "second hand goods".

Goverment run by the agancy Lagos Waste Management Authority ( LAWMA ). One of 6 sites taking in general waste from all over Lagos. E-waste is not allowed on site, but some does appear from the gerneral waste collected all over Lagos.

Philips celebrates its 110 years on the Russian market in Moscow's Red Square. Greenpeace activists unrolled a banner with the phrase: “Philips: simply take back & recycle!” in Russian and English. Greenpeace is calling on the company to accept responsibility for its own-branded electronic waste (e-waste).

Philips celebrates its 110 years on the Russian market in Moscow's Red Square. Greenpeace activists unrolled a banner with the phrase: “Philips: simply take back & recycle!” in Russian and English. Greenpeace is calling on the company to accept responsibility for its own-branded electronic waste (e-waste).

Boys burning electronic cables and other electrical components in order to melt off the plastic and reclaim the copper wiring. This burning in small fires releases toxic chemicals into the environment.

Bundle of electronic cables and other electrical components that are burned to melt off the plastic and reclaim the copper wiring.

Greenpeace activists stage a sit-in on board the container ship 'Yang Ming', berthed at Kwai Chung Container Terminal, as they wait for a decision to be made by Hong Kong Customs on a specific container of electronic waste (e-waste) on board the ship. The 'Yang Ming', en route from the United States, and bound for San Shui port in China's Guangdong Province, is carrying 'e-waste', for processing in China - potentially putting lives in the developing nation at risk from the handling of toxic and hazardous substances found in old computers.