For years, a site called Agbogbloshie in Accra was one of the largest e-waste processing sites in Africa, getting 15,000 tons of discarded phones, computers and other used electronics each year. An award-winning photographic project called E-Waste in Ghana: Tracing Transboundary Flows aims to capture both the positive and negative aspects of e-waste.
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| A man in a canoe pulls toward the banks to recover more recyclable plastics. E-waste dumping takes a heavy environmental toll, often degrading the local water supply. Mutaka Chasant for Fondation Carmignac |
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