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.
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Image id: 857-66681
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: January 2007
Upload date: November 2012
Artist: Peter Essick
Release status: Not Model or Property Released
Shot date: January 2007
Upload date: November 2012
Artist: Peter Essick
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