The Ewaste Tragedy

Every year up to 50 million tons of electronic waste computers television sets mobile phones household appliances are discarded in the developed world 75 of this waste disappears from the legal recycling circuits with much of it being dumped illegally in the Third World where it destroys landscapes and harms lives This film takes the viewer on a journey of investigation to Europe China Africa and the US and reveals a toxic global trade fuelled by greed and corruption Written by Cosima Dannoritzer