E-Wasteland
Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 00:20:00 Have you ever wondered what happens to your discarded electronics? Almost 50 million tons of electronic waste are generated worldwide every year. Around 200,000 tons of second-hand and condemned electrical goods arrive in Ghana, West Africa, most of them com...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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Fedele, David
2012
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:65dd4abd-c6bb-4ce9-ae6d-6ceadf8a8220 |
| Summary: | Verzio9 FF Submission.
Duration: 00:20:00
Have you ever wondered what happens to your discarded electronics? Almost 50 million tons of electronic waste are generated worldwide every year. Around 200,000 tons of second-hand and condemned electrical goods arrive in Ghana, West Africa, most of them coming from the "developed" world. Many of the unwanted electronic items are exported there as "second hand goods." E-wasteland is set entirely at the Agbogbloshie slum in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Situated on the banks of the highly polluted Korle Lagoon, Agbogbloshie is home to over 30,000 settlers, mainly from the poorer northern regions of Ghana. It is also home to the largest e-waste dump site in Africa. Generally uneducated and with few employable skills, many of the settlers at Agbogbloshie are forced to make a poor living salvaging and recycling e-waste. Without dialogue or narration, this film presents a visual portrait of unregulated e-waste recycling. |
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| Published: | 2012 |