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Uploaded by on Feb 18, 2009

Photographer Robert Knoth in photo-essay about e-waste in Pakistan.

Greenpeace tracked a shipment of e-waste from Europe to its final resting place - Pakistan. This is the story of what happens to that e-waste and the people it affects.

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  • so this is what happens to other 12 yr olds in pakistan when an american 12 year old gets a laptop to watch hanna montana and throws away her computer.

  • Great film THANK YOU -- see also on YT -

    'The Story Of Stuff'

    We cannot have linear production in a circular world.

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  • At least they are they are learning good entrepreneurship.

    Could use some basic law enforcement....

    How about Lowes/Home depot/Nike donating some Gloves, Mask's and Shoes???

    Keep Thinking GREEN Everyone !!!

    OCewaste.com

  • @alihammadshah "...out of the earth"

  • 2:07 .. they try to pull last pieces of metal out of their .. What??

  • This is a nice compilation, being a Pakistani i have been to such places and meet these people living hard lives. Its really easy to comment but to realize the worse situations inside that country and not only Pakistan but in India Bangladesh and any third world country such similarities are found but the fact is that there is no action from the govt or the international authorities upon it. But once again a nice compilation and It would be nice if it is in a bit more detail.

  • lol, good one. Obviously guy is be selective in taking pictures,

  • Some of those pictures look like Fallout 3.

  • you are doing it too if you see this. even if youre in a library. you live in an urban society. For thousands of years humans have worked the planet. The forests of europe were gone 500 years ago. the recycling is crude and brutal. If the logistics of recyclable and biodegradable efficiency are taken into account, bioengineering may be the only way to convert our computers into degradable equipment. Are you prepared for your mouse to really squeak when you click it?

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