Permalink: https://www.media.greenpeace.org/archive/Unloading-Shipping-Containers-in-Ghana-27MZIFLRNBT9.htmlConceptually similarUnloading Electronic Goods in GhanaGP01IJZCompleted★★★★TVs Unloaded from Shipping Containers in GhanaGP01MDSCompleted★★★★Computer Unloaded from Shipping Container in GhanaGP01MDPCompleted★★★★Electronic Goods Unloaded from Shipping Containers in GhanaGP01MDRCompleted★★★★Computers Unloaded from Shipping Containers in GhanaGP01MDQCompleted★★★★Computers in Shipping Containers in GhanaGP01MDTCompleted★★★★Merchant Dealing with E-Waste in GhanaGP01IK2Completed★★★★Computer Parts for Sale in GhanaGP01ME9Completed★★★★Boy Carries a Broken TV in GhanaGP01MDXCompleted★★★★View AllGP01IJMUnloading Shipping Containers in GhanaThe unloading of shipping containers full of electronic goods imported from the UK.Many second-hand electrical goods that are imported to Ghana from developed countries are not working and beyond repair. These obsolete goods contain hazardous chemicals that are released into the environment, both in landfills and by small scale "recycling" that involves breaking and burning the goods to reclaim metals such as copper and aluminum.Locations:Ghana-Tema-Western AfricaDate:10 Apr, 2008Credit:© Greenpeace / Kate DavisonMaximum size:3504px X 2336pxKeywords:Containers-Day-Electronic waste-Electronic waste workers-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-One person-Outdoors-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposalShoot:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in GhanaGreenpeace visits Ghana to investigate workplace contamination from e-waste recycling and disposal in the country and uncovers evidence that e-waste is being exported, often illegally, to Ghana from Europe and the US. The majority of second-hand electrical goods that are exported to Ghana from developed countries are beyond repair and are either dumped or "recycled" in a crude fashion.In the yards, unprotected workers, many of them children, dismantle computers and TVs with little more then stones in search of metals that can be sold. The remaining plastic, cables and casing is either burnt or simply dumped. Some of the samples tested by Greenpeace contained toxic metals including lead in quantities as much as one hundred times above background levels. Other chemicals such as phthalates, some of which are known to interfere with sexual reproduction, were found in most of the samples tested. One sample also contained a high level of chlorinated dioxins, known to promote cancer.Greenpeace is campaigning to pressurize the producers of electronic goods to remove the hazardous chemicals from their goods and to become more responsible for end-of-life products.Related Collections:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in Ghana (photos & videos)