857-66684 - Workers repairing electronics at a shop in Accra, Ghana. The computers are shipped here from Europe and the USA and some are reused but majority are dumped in Ghana.

857-66681 - Burning of computer wire and parts to recover copper and other metals in Accra, Ghana. The computers are shipped here from Europe and the USA and some are reused but majority are dumped in Ghana. Poor workers often from the northern poorer region of Ghana do the work and sell the copper to buyers who send the copper to China or India.

857-66712 - Yinka Ogunsuyi teaches a computer class to 9-11 year olds from the Regency School in Lagos, Nigeria. He gets the computers from a contact in the USA and also buys some in Nigeria. The computer is a Pentium 3 Dell from the USA. Also at the school 2-3 year olds watch the movie "Happy Feat" on a Pentium 4 computer.

857-66699 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps. Some kids look through this and try to salvage some coppers wires or aluminum pieces.

857-66739 - A village named Muftaffabad Loni on the outskirts of New Delhi, India that specializes in recycling circuit boards from electronics. The boards are taken out of electronics in other areas of New Delhi. Some of the boards are burned, some are dipped in sulfuric acid to get the metals separated from the plastics.

857-66708 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps.

857-66702 - At the Alaba Market in Lagos Nigeria many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps. Some kids look through this and try to salvage some coppers wires or aluminum pieces.

857-66685 - Workers repairing electronics at a shop in Accra, Ghana. The computers are shipped here from Europe and the USA and some are reused but majority are dumped in Ghana.

857-66696 - The Computer village at Ikeja neighborhood, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from USA or Europe for reuse.

857-66717 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. When material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps, and young men look for parts or wire that they recycle the metals. However, much toxic material ends up in these dumps in Nigeria.

857-66713 - Yinka Ogunsuyi teaches a computer class to 9-11 year olds from the Regency School in Lagos, Nigeria. He gets the computers from a contact in the USA and also buys some in Nigeria. The computer is a Pentium 3 Dell from the USA. Also at the school 2-3 year olds watch the movie "Happy Feat" on a Pentium 4 computer.

857-66734 - At a scrap metal market in New Delhi, India old rotary phone are disassembled for the metals.

857-66715 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. When material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps, and young men look for parts or wire that they recycle the metals. However, much toxic material ends up in these dumps in Nigeria.

857-66661 - The Mueller-Guttenbrunn Metal Recycling facility in Amstetten, Austria. This is where electronics goods as well as cars and other appliances are sent for recycling under the European Waste Electrics Electronics Equipment (WEEE) Initiative. All electronics goods must be recycled in an environmentally friendly manner.

857-66662 - Electronics recycling facility Metran in Kematen, Austria is where metals and plastics are sorted after the waste is first shredded at Mueller-Guttenbrunn in Amstetten. At a shake table the waste is separated by friction as hard items drop through first because they have less friction. The drum turns and small objects drop through the holes. Large piles of e-waste plastics objects and circuit boards. Avci Bilal walks atop a pile of e-waste that is waiting to be processed at Metran.

857-66694 - The Computer village at Ikeja neighborhood, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from USA or Europe for reuse.

857-66707 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps.

857-66704 - Workers unload televisions at the Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the electronics here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps.

857-66711 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps.

857-66709 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps.

857-66698 - Alaba Market, Lagos Nigeria. Many of the computers here are second hand and shipped from Asia, the USA or Europe for reuse. The small shop dealers buy electronics from the containers and are very good at repairing the goods for sale. Only when material has no value is it sent to nearby dumps. Some kids look through this and try to salvage some coppers wires or aluminum pieces.

857-66714 - A computer training institute in Lagos, Nigeria. The Pentium 2 computers were bought second hand in Nigeria and there are about 16 computers at this location. Students are learning various software programs including typing, Microsoft word and a drawing program. One student in the striped shirt is Alice Itodo.