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Reality Bytes – Hi-tech products pollute scrap yards in Asia

Feature story | August 18, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Got your hands on a brand new cellphone, computer, wide-screen TV? If yes, do you know where the old one went? In all probability, to one of many ‘recycling yards’; usually small-scale operations carried out in cramped brick...

Toxic Technology polluting scrap yards in China and India: Greenpeace

Press release | August 17, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today released a report of their scientific analysis of waste-waters, ashes, soils and sediments from electronic waste (e-waste) recycling yards in India and China. The report conclusively proves that toxic chemicals...

Children extract copper from discarded computer

Image | August 17, 2005 at 14:45

Children extract copper from discarded computer parts. New Delhi

Children extract copper from discarded computer

Image | August 17, 2005 at 14:45

Children extract copper from discarded computer parts. New Delhi

Acid

Image | August 17, 2005 at 14:56

Acid-soaked rags are used to clean out Cathode Ray Tubes before they are reprocessed in this workshop in Delhi.

Acid

Image | August 17, 2005 at 14:56

Acid-soaked rags are used to clean out Cathode Ray Tubes before they are reprocessed in this workshop in Delhi.

A man works in a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 'recycling'

Image | August 17, 2005 at 15:02

A man works in a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 'recycling' yard, with newly reprocessed CRTs piled up high in the background.

A man works in a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 'recycling'

Image | August 17, 2005 at 15:02

A man works in a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 'recycling' yard, with newly reprocessed CRTs piled up high in the background.

Piles of discarded computer parts in a godown

Image | August 17, 2005 at 15:08

Piles of discarded computer parts in a godown in Delhi. These parts are sorted, broken apart and sent to various 'recycling' workshops.

Piles of discarded computer parts in a godown

Image | August 17, 2005 at 15:08

Piles of discarded computer parts in a godown in Delhi. These parts are sorted, broken apart and sent to various 'recycling' workshops.

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