Ghana: A Week in a Toxic Waste Dump

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Ghana: A Week in a Toxic Waste Dump


Reggie heads to Ghana to live on one of the largest e-waste dumps in the world – Accra’s notorious Agbogbloshie. Working with a group of “burner boys”, grafting at the bottom of the ladder, Reggie discovers first-hand what life is like for the people who eek out a living on the site. Dumping e-waste is illegal and the chemicals in the…

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  1. If this fellowship of copper gets a hundred Euro bill to share in order to stop burning these cables, a middle sized european country will have its CO2 emission offset. Win win.

  2. The west has unlimited wealth, resources, every bloody fucking thing you can think of, and these people only want to be able to make some shillings for the day. The greed on this planet is horrifically disgusting

  3. And than I have the audacity to sit here and complain about the dinner I have to cook tonight. Sometimes I lose site of how fortunate I am until I watch these documentaries, than I realize that I was never unfortunate…at…all!

  4. This is disgusting, is this where our "recycling" goes to? And moreover, is this how it gets "recycled"?
    I thought recycling is all about "green", "Eco friendly", low to none carbon foot print and overall reducing waste and pollution. I don't see any of this Eco friendly stuff here, I can only see a bunch of unfortunate people digging through our rubbish trying to make a living, polluting the heck out of this planet while they're at it.
    I'm sorry if this comment comes across as harsh, but I can't stand the hypocrisy anymore. 😮