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Ghana's e-Waste
October 27, 2014 1:38 PM
For years, poor Ghanaians have been burning old electronics in the open air to extract precious metals and sell them as scrap. But a new recycling center may mean the end of e-waste burning in Ghana.
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Plastic parts from obsolete electronics are pictured in this pile of refuse, in the Agbogbloshie neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, on Oct. 27 , 2014. (Chris Stein/VOA)
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Smoke rises from burning electronics over the Agbogbloshie neighborhood, Accra, Ghana, Oct. 27, 2014. (Chris Stein/VOA)
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Smoke from burning electronics is pictured in Accra's Agbogbloshie neighborhood, Ghana, Oct. 27, 2014. (Chris Stein/VOA)
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Sumani Abdul Karim uses a wire stripper at the recycling center in the Agbogbloshie neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, Oct. 27, 2014. (Chris Stein / VOA).
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