3 ms·
These western descriptions of Agbogloshie are really becoming a farce. It's the scrap dump where African generate cars and old appliances go. It is not the re
by WR3A 12y ago
These western descriptions of Agbogloshie are really becoming a farce. It's the scrap dump where African generate cars and old appliances go. It is not the repair hub. There are ZERO sea containers of Western e-junk showing up. NONE. The place handles less per day than the average e-waste processor in Indiana. The World Bank stats show that Accra has 4.5M residents, and the majority of households have had TV and computers for a decade. They buy used working electronics because the average income is under $3K. But it's obscene that environmentalists go to a dump and take pictures of kids and raise money and don't tell the truth about the waste origins and don't share any money with the kids. I'm going back at the end of the month. Just stop it people. (With all due respect, You too, Kyle). Your video says you saw no evidence of repair, it's the scrapyard it isn't where the repair is done and it isn't where the sea containers arrive.
And this has all been painstakingly documented in major reports!
http://www.basel.int/Portals/4/Basel%20Convention/docs/eWaste/E-wasteAssessmentGhana.pdf http://www.basel.int/Portals/4/Basel%20Convention/docs/eWast...
http://www.basel.int/Portals/4/Basel%20Convention/docs/eWaste/EwasteAfrica_Nigeria-Assessment.pdf http://www.basel.int/Portals/4/Basel%20Convention/docs/eWast...
And the original source of the statistic that it's the biggest e-waste dump in the world, junking 80%, made it up. Look!
http://retroworks.blogspot.com/2013/05/basel-action-network-explains-80-or.html http://retroworks.blogspot.com/2013/05/basel-action-network-...
This is environmental malpractice.