GHANA: DIGITAL DUMPING GROUND

U.S. fuels toxic trade in electronic junkkip

High-Tech Trash

Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste (video)
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November 8, 2008

Following The Trail Of Toxic

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Secret U.S. data found on cast-off hard drive
TheStar.com
June 23, 2009

Journalism students say they paid $40 in Ghana for a second-hand hard drive that contained information about multi-million-dollar defense contracts between the Pentagon, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and one of the largest military contractors in the United States.


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Recycler dumps toxic electronics around the world
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 28, 2009

After tracking hazardous waste shipments and dumping around the world, a national environmental group has sounded the alarm about a million pounds of old electronics innocently donated in Pennsylvania.

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Are Your Secrets On eBay?
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2008

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Recycling Blues: Toxic Waste, Anyone?

So how bad is throwing away your printer, anyway?

According to CRUSA, electronics-filled dumps are leaching toxic materials into the water table. Green Star takes it one step further by letting me know that many members of the electronics family--including televisions, computers, monitors, and yes, printers--are potent enough to qualify as hazardous waste. Do I really need my dysfunctional printer coming back as the Toxic Avenger?..........read more

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