Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Haj-Bahir-Burn-Plastics-off-Wires-and-Cables--27MZIFL68460.htmlConceptually similarIlyas Works in the Riverbed Burning off E-WasteGP01J9ACompleted★★★★Teenager has Black Hands from Burning E-Waste in KarachiGP01J9PCompleted★★★★ Wires and Cables are Brought to the Lyari River Before Being Set AlightGP01J9ICompleted★★★★Abu Bakr and Asad Ali Work in a Scrap Yard with Plastics and E-WasteGP01J9ECompleted★★★★ Iqbal Hussein Burns off E-WasteGP01J90Completed★★★★A Printer Waits to be Shredded in a Scrap YardGP01J96Completed★★★★Ghafoor Ibrahim at a Scrap Yard Near the Lyari RiverGP01J95Completed★★★★The Lyari Riverbed is Used as a Garbage DumpGP01J8XCompleted★★★★Omar Sahrif Works with E-WasteGP01J92Completed★★★★★★View AllGP01J8UHaj Bahir Burn Plastics off Wires and CablesHaj Bahir (40) has started a fire in the Lyari riverbed to burn the plastic off wires and cables to reclaim the copper and other metals from them.Locations:Asia-Karachi-Lyari-PakistanDate:14 Aug, 2008Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 4500pxKeywords:Electronic waste-Electronic waste workers-Electronics-Fires-KWCI (GPI)-Pollution-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.
