The economics of e-waste
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#78PQR)
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a growing problem. Much of it ends up in Ghana and Nigeria, where informal recycling operations have blossomed. There's now an effort to organize and formalize some of those informal networks. The World's Host Aaron Schacter speaks with Khiddir Iddris, researcher at the University of Ghana, about e-waste as an economic engine.