Sodom and Gomorrah
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In 2008 the U.S. generated 3.16 million tons of e‐waste Of this amount, only 430,000 tons or 13.6 % was recycled. The rest was trashed – in landfills or incinerators. In Europe and my home germany its nearly the same thing. 155,000 tones of electronic waste are moved each year, despite legal prohibitions alone from Germany to countries like India, China and Ghana, where children search the garbage for recyclables. Often the waste is labeled as secondhand or even development aid and circumvents the prohibitions and controls in the EU countries. Only 20 to 30 percent of goods are still functional, the rest is toxic waste that ends up in landfill sites in Ghana.
Sodom and Gomorrah is called the slum and the adjacent electrical room in Accra (in the district Agbogbloshie), Ghana's capital. There, mostly children dismantle the toxic electrical appliances without any safety precautions. Children, who are sometimes only 6 years old, are involved in the recovery of the materials. They earn less than U.S. $ 20 per month. Most people who work there are between 12 and 30 years and worked for 10 to 12 hours per day. Nevertheless, people living in extreme poverty.
Kai Löffelbein ist Sieger des diesjährigen internationalen Wettbewerbs „UNICEF-Foto des Jahres“.
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Neuss - Testament - Ballade vom ewigen Lohn by oldshoe
In 2008 the U.S. generated 3.16 million tons of e‐waste Of this amount, only 430,000 tons or 13.6 % was recycled. The rest was trashed – in landfills or incinerators. In Europe and my home germany its nearly the same thing. 155,000 tones of electronic waste are moved each year, despite legal prohibitions alone from Germany to countries like India, China and Ghana, where children search the garbage for recyclables. Often the waste is labeled as secondhand or even development aid and circumvents the prohibitions and controls in the EU countries. Only 20 to 30 percent of goods are still functional, the rest is toxic waste that ends up in landfill sites in Ghana.
Sodom and Gomorrah is called the slum and the adjacent electrical room in Accra (in the district Agbogbloshie), Ghana's capital. There, mostly children dismantle the toxic electrical appliances without any safety precautions. Children, who are sometimes only 6 years old, are involved in the recovery of the materials. They earn less than U.S. $ 20 per month. Most people who work there are between 12 and 30 years and worked for 10 to 12 hours per day. Nevertheless, people living in extreme poverty.
Kai Löffelbein ist Sieger des diesjährigen internationalen Wettbewerbs „UNICEF-Foto des Jahres“.
Mehr Beispiele neuer Dokumentarfotografie finden Sie bei emerge - unbedingt ansehen!
Neuss - Testament - Ballade vom ewigen Lohn by oldshoe
gebattmer - 2011/12/21 19:19
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