Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Piles-of-Plastic--Monitors-and-Other-Electronic-Waste-27MZIFL68HDS.htmlConceptually similarA Plastic Shredding Machine in a WorkshopGP01J97Completed★★★★Ghafoor Ibrahim at a Scrap Yard Near the Lyari RiverGP01J95Completed★★★★A Printer Waits to be Shredded in a Scrap YardGP01J96Completed★★★★Piles of Garbage are Set Alight to Burn off PlasticsGP01J98Completed★★★★Burning E-Waste Next to The New Lyari Express Way in KarachiGP01J8VCompleted★★★★The New Lyari Express Way in KarachiGP01J9MCompleted★★★★Bags of Plastic Waste Wait to be Bleached in KarachiGP01J9RCompleted★★★★ Wires and Cables are Brought to the Lyari River Before Being Set AlightGP01J9ICompleted★★★★Circuit Boards Wait to be Dismantled to Reclaim the MetalsGP01J9LCompleted★★★★View AllGP01J99Piles of Plastic, Monitors and Other Electronic WasteHuge piles of plastic, monitors and other electronics are collected. They will be shredded, bleached and then sold.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...'Green Gadgets: Designing Our Future' Report (All Photographers)
