How China's E-Waste Capital Is Trying To Clean Itself Up

itwbennett writes If you want to see where your old electronics go to die, take a trip to Guiyu. For two decades, PCs, phones and other electronics have been shipped to this town on the southeast coast of China, where locals in thousands of small workshops pull them apart with buzz saws and pliers to extract the valuable components inside. But things may finally be changing. A sign posted by a small stream in the town declares that Guiyu will crack down on any "acid cleaning, and burning activities." And residents said it's rare now to see "board burning" in the town itself, with that and other dangerous activities having been moved to an industrial park to the north.

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Not China, but Africa

[Taco Cowboy]

If you really want to visit the largest e-waste site on Earth you won't find it in China

Because it is in Africa

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