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| MK_E-WASTE_002 E-waste has become the fastest growing waste stream in the world. The UN Enviroment Developed nations dump e-waste in developing Asian countries (India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan) through illegal trade routes. India receives as much e-waste as it generates internally (approximately 145,000 tons each year). Almost all of it, is being recycled in many poor urban locations exposing people and environment to hazardous heavy metals and deadly toxins such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and BFR (Brominated Flame Retardants). These products are stripped down to yield valuable metals like platinum, gold and copper///Mohammad Saquil‘s kitchen, just some stairs above the family‘s unauthorised recycling unit.These days e-mails travel faster than pigeons. So does toxic dust...
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