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Electronic Waste in Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Electronic Waste in Agbogbloshie, Ghana

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 2 months ago
Dear Petitioners, Electronic Waste or E-Waste are obsolete electronics that have been dumped in developing countries because developed countries don't want to pay for expensive, cleaner, recycling of dead electronics. For example, a major dumping ground is the Agbogbloshie scrap market, in Ghana. Children desperate for money go to the scrap market and burn computers, cell phones, televisions and other electronics to melt the plastic and retrieve copper which they sell to dealers who then sell them to nearby industries. When the children burn the electronics, the harmful chemicals inside leach into the air and contaminate the environment and the Ghanaians. The toxins can lower IQ, cause behavioral issues and academic performance. Support this Petition to help the Ghanaian children and pressure companies to recycle their new eco-friendly products!

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July 22, 2012

I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have taken an interest in this issue. It is truly your willingness to pay attention to these children that has turned this from a simple idea into something people are actually noticing. I am just a person who wanted to help, but this momentum belongs entirely to you.

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Patricia Offer
9 years ago Featured

Perhaps the children could be given seam rippers (usu. for sewing) or wire strippers. Using these may.prove slower, and healthier, than burning.

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Mark Reeves
15 years ago Featured

total nightmare. we just toss our old phones in drawer and forget about them but this is the real cost. stop sending this junk to ghana.

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Sarah Gomez
15 years ago Featured

this is so sad. those poor kids are breathing in literal poison just to survive. tech companies need to be held responsible for where their trash ends up.

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max
5 years ago

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