American firms are shuffling off discarded electronics to developing countries, environmental watchdog BAN has alleged
Brokers are shipping millions of tons of scrapped electronics from the US overseas, largely to developing countries in Asia and the global South that are unprepared to safely handle the toxic waste, according to a report released on Wednesday.
According to the Seattle-based watchdog Basel Action Network (BAN), ten large US firms have been shipping significant volumes of e-waste to countries that have banned its import. BAN said the business could total more than $200 million each month. Industry-wide, the trade could exceed…
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