The World

On Their Own Terms

At a clean, safe, e-waste recycling shop in northern Mexico a group of women is beating the odds by running their own business.

A steady stream of discarded televisions and computers flows into America’s landfills. Some of the electronics also end up in shops in Asia that have hazardous working conditions. But now some are heading to a worker-run women’s cooperative in Mexico, a business the women started from scratch. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports from Fronteras, Mexico.