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Electrical waste and its global impact on health, crime, and the environment

Pollution from the huge electronic waste dump at Agbogbloshie in Ghana is extensive (photo:dpa)

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22 June 2015

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Professor Colleen Graffy

American diplomat Colleen Graffy is also a qualified English barrister. Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Professor Graffy lived and studied in Germany and the United Kingdom before becoming a law professor and US government diplomat. She is director of global ...

The world’s electronic waste is polluting natural resources, harming lives, threatening national security and costing governments billions. But the global waste market sector, which is estimated to be US$410 billion a year from collection to recycling, could be a win-win if the right policies are put in place to safely recycle and divert the waste from criminal to legitimate business enterprises.

THE WEST'S insatiable desire for electronic goods has resulted in a mountain of undesirable ‘e-waste.’

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Purchases such as a new TV, computer, washing machine or coffee maker often entail research into the best brand and best price; rarely ...

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Potential value
Human health
Contamination
International treaty
Management of waste
Toxic colonialism
Planned obsolescence
Producer responsibility
Security concerns
Counterfeit parts
Rare-earth minerals

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Over a two-year period more than one million counterfeit electronic components were discovered in critical US defence systems including a large number of military airplanes, thermal weapons sights and mission computers for the THAAD missile