Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Computer-Monitors-Ready-to-be-Dismantled-27MZIFL65DAL.htmlConceptually similarCircuit Boards Wait to be Dismantled to Reclaim the MetalsGP01J9LCompleted★★★★Piles of Plastic, Monitors and Other Electronic WasteGP01J99Completed★★★★★★Burning E-Waste Next to The New Lyari Express Way in KarachiGP01J8VCompleted★★★★The New Lyari Express Way in KarachiGP01J9MCompleted★★★★ Wires and Cables are Brought to the Lyari River Before Being Set AlightGP01J9ICompleted★★★★Circuit Boards are Dismantled to Reclaim the MetalsGP01J9GCompleted★★★★Bags of Plastic Waste Wait to be Bleached in KarachiGP01J9RCompleted★★★★Ghafoor Ibrahim at a Scrap Yard Near the Lyari RiverGP01J95Completed★★★★Zaboor Khan Separating E-Waste in his WorkshopGP01J8ZCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP01J9JComputer Monitors Ready to be DismantledDozens of computer monitors are unloaded for dismantling in the Shershah district of Karachi.Locations:Asia-Karachi-Lyari-PakistanDate:14 Aug, 2008Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 4500pxKeywords:Computers-Electronic waste-Electronics-KWCI (GPI)-Plastics-Poverty-Shanty towns-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposalShoot:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in PakistanIn the Karachi district of Lyari, hundreds of workers, including teenage children, earn their livelihoods by dismantling electronic scrap and extracting valuable components such as copper to sell. This is an insight into the personal cost of e-waste. Thousands of tons of e-waste such as discarded PCs, mobile phones and TVs, are dumped in Africa and Asia every year. Greenpeace research shows that some of this waste is exported from Europe to Pakistan.Related Collections:Green Electronics: The Search Continues...
