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Sadly, the process is often to ship to Africa or China and just dump it. There might be some government paperwork that says this particular open-air debris gar
by Plasmoid 11y ago
Sadly, the process is often to ship to Africa or China and just dump it. There might be some government paperwork that says this particular open-air debris garden is just the storage lot for a proper recycling operation, but often the closest thing to recycling is locals picking through the mounds of trash looking for anything of value.
- adrianN 11y agoThere is a free to watch documentary about the problem in Ghana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUCoToorc9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUCoToorc9M
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIn China they'll recycle it and sell it back to you. And it's fine, most re-used components aren't worse than the new ones.