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| MK_E-WASTE_014 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 localions exposing people and environment to hazardous heavy metals and deadly toxins such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and BFR (Brominated Flame Retardants). Almost all electronic and electrical appliances, like computers, mobile phones, iPods, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions etc, constitute e-waste after being discarded. These products are stripped down to yield valuable metals like platinum, gold and copper///“What does a mother have in common with a motherboard?” It could be a silly joke but it is no laughing matter. The toxic dust Savina carries from the PC she has been dismantling will find its way in the meal she’s on her way to prepare on the kitchen floor, which is just some stairs above her unauthorised e-recycling unit.
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