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The Electronics Junkyard Dismantlers of Guiyu
Posted on July 04, 2008
image via Ink SolutionsGuiyu was once a peaceful rice-growing village located in the eastern province of Guangdong, southern China that is - until a surge of broken computers and laptops arrived from the Western World. Since then, Guiyu has been proclaimed the World's electronic-waste capital.For around $1.50 USD, around 60,000 local workers including children risk their lives and limbs to scramble for anything of value out of your old computer. Some workers go the river bank, located just outside the village, where they make small fires to heat an extremely toxic mixture dubbed Aqua Regia...
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