[HacktionLab] starts for electronic waste

[helen varley jamieson]

we did some research on e-waste in the UK as part of "we have a
situation!" in 2013; there are some links on this page here:
http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?page_id=413

in one of the links it says that the UK has the potential to recycle
100% of its e-waste, but an estimated 70% goes illegally to toxic dumps
in africa, mainly in ghana. eva ursprung is an austrian artist who has
been to these dumps & photographed them & provided us with some verbatim
information about the people that live & work there (they live literally
on these dump sites) having a life expectancy of 20 & mostly dying of
cancer.

h : /

On 13/04/15 9:13 16PM, penguin wrote:
> Hi Mick
>
> In the UK (and the rest of the EU) electronic waste comes under the
> WEEE regulations* - so adding that is quite a good search term.
>
> UK:
> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/waste-electrical-and-electronic
> -equipment-in-the-uk-2013
> (more recent stats might be available)
>
> For the EU, you could have a hunt around here:
> http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
>
> Lots of waste is also dumped illegally - often in Africa. Don't know
> where to get stats on that.
>
> HTH
>
> G
>
> * If I were a kipper, I'd be outraged that Europe now regulates our
> wee - that's taking the piss. But I'm not, so I won't!
>
>
>
> On 13/04/15 19:43, Mick Clearerchannel wrote:
> > Hi there,
>
> > Has anyone got pointers to good or recent stats, videos or other
> > resources about electronic waste?
>
> > nice one Mick
>
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