( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “could help both.” The world is producing more electronic waste than ever. [CutID: <Cuts> E-WASTE-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: E-WASTE-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: could help with] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In Vietnam, an army of mostly women waste collectors collect discarded electronic devices from homes and bins on street corners. […]
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E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “could help both.”
The world is producing more electronic waste than ever.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. In Vietnam, an army of mostly women waste collectors collect discarded electronic devices from homes and bins on street corners.
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VERBATIM: 62 million metric tons in 2022 to be exact…and it’s growing faster than formal efforts to recycle it. Some gets picked up by a web of low-paid workers who pull apart old laptops, scarred mobile phones, television remotes and other items to get valuable materials inside. But informal waste workers face health risks and insecure livelihoods. Experts say collaborations between the informal and formal sector could help both.