Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Zaboor-Khan-in-His-Workshop-with-E-Waste-27MZIFL65UVY.htmlConceptually similarZaboor Khan Separating E-Waste in his WorkshopGP01J8ZCompleted★★★★★★Circuit Boards in Zaboor Khan's Workshop.GP01J9OCompleted★★★★Teenager has Black Hands from Burning E-Waste in KarachiGP01J9PCompleted★★★★Ehsam Emad and Wasim Khan Collect Metals Near the Lyari River.GP01J8WCompleted★★★★Ilyas Works in the Riverbed Burning off E-WasteGP01J9ACompleted★★★★Gold Smelter Mohammed FahimGP01J9KCompleted★★★★Bags of Plastic Waste Wait to be Bleached in KarachiGP01J9RCompleted★★★★Omar Sharif and Asad Ali Collect E-WasteGP01J9BCompleted★★★★Omar Sharif and Asad Ali Work for a Scrap YardGP01J9DCompleted★★★★View AllGP01J9NZaboor Khan in His Workshop with E-WasteZaboor Khan (14) in his workshop with e-waste. His income has bought the family a fridge, washing machine, tv and cd-player and is also used to cover education expenses of his siblings who couldn’t afford school before Zaboor started his job.Locations:Asia-Karachi-Lyari-PakistanDate:14 Aug, 2008Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 4500pxKeywords:Children-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.
