Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Eric-Albertsen-Uses-Tracking-Device-27MZIFLKTZIU.htmlConceptually similarEric Albertsen Uses Tracking DeviceGP01QK7Completed★★★★Eric Albertsen Uses Tracking DeviceGP01QK8Completed★★★★Checking for Updates on Tracking SystemGP01QKCCompleted★★★★Checking for Updates on Tracking SystemGP01QMLCompleted★★★★Checking for Updates on Tracking SystemGP01QM1Completed★★★★Installation of Tracking DeviceGP01QMKCompleted★★★★Eric Albertsen with TelevisionGP01QMACompleted★★★★Eric Albertsen with TelevisionGP01QMTCompleted★★★★Eric Albertsen Buys TelevisionGP01QMBCompleted★★★★View AllGP01QMCEric Albertsen Uses Tracking DeviceEric Albertsen tries to pick-up radio signals omitted from a tracker device in a Philips TV in Alaba International Market. Greenpeace gave the television to engineers who dismantled it and discreetly installed the tracking device within the casing. The tracking equipment is a state-of-the-art system that operates on GPS, GSM and radio frequency. The device gives regular updates of position, and was used to track the TV from the UK to Africa.Locations:Africa-Lagos-Nigeria-Western AfricaDate:16 Nov, 2008Credit:© Greenpeace / Kristian BuusMaximum size:5200px X 3467pxKeywords:Cars-Day-Electronic waste-Global Positioning System Receiver (GPS)-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Men-One person-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Transportation-Urban areasShoot:E-Waste Trail from UK to AfricaGreenpeace investigates illegal exports of electronic equipment from the United Kingdom to Africa, by tracking a TV-set originally delivered to a municipality-run collection point for discarded electronic products. The television was tracked and monitored by Greenpeace using a combination of GPS, GSM, and an onboard radiofrequency transmitter placed inside the TV-set. Using this sophisticated tracking equipment, Greenpeace was able to prove that rather than being recycled, it was being sent to Africa. Despite regulations which specify that electronic goods must be certified as working before it is exported, the television arrived in Lagos, Nigeria in container no 4629416, without any prior testing. Hampshire County Council and other municipalities have a duty to recycle all electronic equipment properly. Instead the electronic waste is clearly being exported to Africa, using a cheap and dirty disposal route.
