Agbogbloshie has become one of the worlds digital dumping grounds, where the wests electronic waste, or ewaste, piles uphundreds of millions of tons of it each year. Country impounds huge shipment and claims british companies are using it as dumping ground for toxic old appliances a computer dump in accra, ghana, in 2009, since when the country has clamped. How is the slum outside ghanas biggest city described. Minimum requirements for receivers of free to air digital terrestrial television dtt in ghana. The journalism students randomly purchased seven hard drives in. Near the slum called old fadama, the agbogbloshie site became known as. G lobal trade in electronic waste ewaste is a robust and growing domain of scholarship and activism. Jan, 2016 the burning truth behind an ewaste dump in africa ending the toxic smoke rising from an iconic dump in ghana will take more than curbing western waste. Digital dumping, resources recovery and livelihood diversity. This article explores the compatibility of ghanas ewaste policy act 917 in the countrys socioeconomic context. Conference paper october 20 with 122 reads how we measure reads. Here are the steps to take to generateget your digital address in ghana.
As this months digital television conversion makes tens of millions of analog tvs obsolete, and americans continue to trash old computers and cell phones at. Better ewaste handling helps environment and health. The dumping ground is a tv show on british national television from cbbc with an average rating of 3. Ewaste contains toxic chemicals that are emitted into the ground, water and atmosphere when the. Ghanas biggest ewaste recycling site, agbogbloshie. The agbogbloshie site alone provides livelihood opportunities of. Download the new updated ghanapostgps app for android or ios. Ghana, digital dumping ground just a few miles from hong kongs port, hidden behind eightfoothigh corrugated walls, are mountains of computer monitors, printer cartridges from. Watch what in the world online full episodes of season 1. Why did the news correspondent and graduate students go to ghana. Sodom and gomorrah digital dumping ground in ghana. Toward a more sustainable trajectory for ewaste policy. Near the slum called old fadama, the agbogbloshie site became known as a destination for externally generated automobile and electronic scrap collected from mostly the western world.
We have 189 episodes of the dumping ground in our archive. Agbogbloshie is a nickname of a commercial district on the korle lagoon of the odaw river, near the center of accra, ghana s capital city. Digital dumping, resources recovery and livelihood diversity conference paper pdf available october. The smell comes from the wasteland and the boys scavenge. The digital dark side national wildlife federation. Student projects are featured on major news outlets including the new york times. Jul 20, 2010 agbogbloshie has become one of the worlds digital dumping grounds, where the wests electronic waste, or ewaste, piles up hundreds of millions of tons of it each year. Millions of tons of discarded electronics wind up there annually, so people can try to.
The team meets with mike anane, a local journalist who has been writing about the boys at. In april 2008 ghanas environmental protection agency epa announced the setting up of a committee to draft a policy guideline to regulate ewaste in ghana, but not much has been heard about the initiative to date, despite the escalation of the incident of dumping of ewaste in the country. There is little hard evidence to measure how much e. Digital dumping ground from business bbbm4a at indipendent learning centre. Looks are deceiving in chinese town that was us ewaste dumping site. The burning truth behind an ewaste dump in africa ending the toxic smoke rising from an iconic dump in ghana will take more than curbing western waste. Electronic waste and the environmental justice challenge in. Those who work in this area salvage parts for what amounts to only dollars a day.
Aug 01, 2009 from pbs frontline world documentary investigating the origin and destination of some of the worlds digital waste. Dumping electronic waste onto the developing world is a hazardous but profitable business. Mar 22, 2018 in 2011, ghana took in 17,765 tonnes of ewaste from the uk half of all ewaste dumped there that year. The question, he argues, is whether secondhand electronics are being exported to ghana as ewaste or to supply a demand for cheap electronics that can help the country bridge the digital divide. Digital dumping, resources recovery and livelihood diversity conference paper pdf available october 20 with 544 reads how we measure reads. This film asks the viewer to reflect on ethical and social issues in relation to the environment. The burning truth behind an ewaste dump in africa science. Dec 24, 2011 this documentary, which won the 2010 emmy for best investigative magazine, traced the global trade of electronic waste.
As this months digital television conversion makes tens of millions of analog tvs obsolete, and americans continue to trash old computers and cell phones at alarming rates, frontlineworld. The first episode of the dumping ground was broadcast in april, 2020. Similar dumping grounds can be found in china, india and nigeria. Many computers discarded in the united states end up at dumpsites like this one in ghana. When selecting an electronics recycler, you should ensure that they are certified either r2 or estewards to be certain that your material is not ending up in a digital dumping ground like the. View or download all content the institution has subscribed to. A new video from pbs frontline explores a small village in ghana, which is the one of the worlds largest ewaste dumping grounds. Ghana, dumping ground for the west the irish times.
What dangers do the computers and electronics pose. Is your it equipment ending up in a digital dumping ground. Sodom and gomorrah digital dumping ground in ghana the documentary network. Even if you have a stateofthe art facility in a country like india, the free market there will send it.
Some companies offer it for free, while some require consumers to pay, but it often depends on the type of product. The town of agbogbloshie in the west african country of ghana has been called a digital dumping ground. The team meets with mike anane, a local journalist who has been writing about the boys at this ewaste dump. This documentary, which won the 2010 emmy for best investigative magazine, traced the global trade of electronic waste. Agbogbloshie has become one of the worlds digital dumping grounds, where the wests electronic waste, or ewaste, piles up hundreds of millions of tons of it each year.
Uk investigates ewaste dumping in ghana ghana business news. Report to the government of ghana on the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting in ghana. Electronic waste and the environmental justice challenge. Agbogbloshie is a nickname of a commercial district on the korle lagoon of the odaw river, near the center of accra, ghanas capital city. Ghana has become one of the worlds digital dumping grounds, where the wests electronic waste piles up hundreds of millions of tons of it every year. The documentary produced in collaboration with 10 university of british columbia graduate students.
Here hundreds of people sift through the discarded debris of the digital age. Ghana accuses uk recycling firm environcom of illegal. This video has been republished on youtube and does not express the views or opinions of earth911. Global investigation into the dirty secret of the digital age the dumping and dangerous recycling of hundreds of millions of pounds of electronic waste around the developing world. The international reporting program irp is a program at the university of british columbia graduate school of journalism, which gives students the opportunity to research and report undercovered stories from around the world and develop innovative ways of covering these issues. What dangers do the old electronics pose for people working with them. Frontlineworld presents a global investigation into the dirty secret of the digital age the dumping of hundreds of millions of pounds of electronic waste around. There is little hard evidence to measure how much ewaste is dumped either globally or at agbogbloshie. It is not all gloom and doom when it comes to disposing of old computers and other electronics though. The agbogloshie dump in accra, ghanas capital city. The journalism students randomly purchased seven hard drives in tema.