E-waste: China (20 images)
The eastern Chinese port city of Taizhou has now become the center for much of the illegal trade in e-waste (computer waste). 24 hours a day ships arrive in the city's harbor carrying cargoes of waste, including millions of computer parts. These parts flow out of the port in trucks into the city and hinterland where hundreds of tiny work shops break down the parts, melting off the precious metals and using acids to separate gold from circuits boards, mobile phones, monitors and other computer...
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