{"id":4337,"date":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4337\/toxic-tech-not-in-our-backyard\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:51:06","slug":"toxic-tech-not-in-our-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/toxic-tech-not-in-our-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>A dangerous new waste stream is rapidly emerging&#8230;<br \/>\nThe UN estimates that some 20 to 50m tons of e-waste are generated worldwide each year, comprising more than 5% of all municipal solid waste. The fate of large quantities of this so-called e-waste is unknown. Much is exported, often illegally, for dumping in Africa or for rudimentary recovery in Asia, where workers at scrapyards are exposed to toxic chemicals when the products are broken apart and as water, soil and air are polluted.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/d1b56f61-chinese-women-dismantle-comput.jpg' alt='chinese-women-dismantle-comput.jpg' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-classid=\"b30218a7-77fc-43dd-a844-81935aa9b35e\" data-dynamicclass=\"Image\" data-state=\"L3VzYS9HbG9iYWwvdXNhL0V4dGVybmFsL2ltYWdlLzIwMDUvNS9jaGluZXNlLXdvbWVuLWRpc21hbnRsZS1jb21wdXQuanBn|Q2hpbmVzZSB3b21lbiBkaXNtYW50bGUgY29tcHV0ZXIgY2lyY3VpdCBib2FyZHMgaW4gYW4gZS13YXN0ZSBzY3JhcCB5YXJkLiBBZnRlciBzb3J0aW5nIHRoZSBjaXJjdWl0IGJvYXJkcyB0aGV5IHdpbGwgYmUgYnVybmVkIG92ZXIgb3BlbiBmaXJlcyB0byBleHRyYWN0IG1ldGFscy4gVGhlIHNtZWx0aW5nIHJlbGVhc2VzIGxhcmdlIGFtb3VudHMgb2YgcG9pc29ub3VzIGdhc2VzLg==||||MA==|MA==\" class=\"epi_dc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/7199cb5a-toxic-tech-not-in-our-backyard.pdf\">Download document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive summary:<\/b> This report investigates the global sales of electrical and electronic products and assesses the amount of waste arising from this. 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