The World from PRX

electronic waste

a big pile of plastic garbage
Pushing plastics
America’s grungy ‘recycled’ plastic is creating wastelands in Asia
Discarded electronic waste
Technology
The ‘right to repair’ movement wants you to be able to fix your own stuff
A pile of printer parts dusted with toners like carbon black, a probable carcinogen known to cause respiratory problems.
Economics
The US is still dumping some of its toxic e-waste overseas
Agbogbloshie, Ghana in 2012.
Environment
Here’s how to keep that old cell phone you’re about to toss from becoming toxic e-waste in a developing country
Environment
Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program
Environment
Western e-waste dumped in Africa
Getting the Mercury Out
E-waste Youth Activist