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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:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?page_id=413">http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?page_id=413</a><br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
h : /<br>
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On 13/04/15 9:13 16PM, penguin wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Mick<br>
<br>
In the UK (and the rest of the EU) electronic waste comes under
the<br>
WEEE regulations* - so adding that is quite a good search term.<br>
<br>
UK:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/waste-electrical-and-electronic">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/waste-electrical-and-electronic</a><br>
-equipment-in-the-uk-2013<br>
(more recent stats might be available)<br>
<br>
For the EU, you could have a hunt around here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat</a><br>
<br>
Lots of waste is also dumped illegally - often in Africa. Don't
know<br>
where to get stats on that.<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
<br>
G<br>
<br>
* If I were a kipper, I'd be outraged that Europe now regulates
our<br>
wee - that's taking the piss. But I'm not, so I won't!<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 13/04/15 19:43, Mick Clearerchannel wrote:<br>
> Hi there,<br>
<br>
> Has anyone got pointers to good or recent stats, videos or
other <br>
> resources about electronic waste?<br>
<br>
> nice one Mick<br>
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