E-Waste: 41 Million Metric Tonnes of Electronic Waste Discarded in 2014

Broken:  Defunct televisions, computers and keyboards are transported to west-African countries like Ghana because 'it is cheaper than recycling it properly in European Union nations.'

Where your computer goes to die: Shocking pictures of the toxic 'electronic graveyards' in Africa where the West dumps its old PCs, laptops, microwaves, fridges and phones
by Jay Akbar, Daily Mail Online, 23 April 2015

- New report says 41 million metric tonnes of electronic waste worth a staggering £34billion was discarded in 2014
- Countries illegally export 'millions of tonnes' of e-waste annually to African nations like Ghana, campaigners say
- Shocking photographs from its capital Accra show thousands of discarded appliances in huge, filthy landfill sites
- Some contain toxic materials like lead and mercury which damage environment and people sifting through them

Harrowing images reveal one of west-Africa's vast electronic graveyards where 'millions of tonnes' of discarded appliances from all over the world - including the UK - are being dumped every year.

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