Poison or Poverty: The Impossible Economic Choices Facing Ghana’s E‑Waste Workers

June 4, 2026
Watch time: 5-15 mins
Poison

The global push to recycle electronics is often framed as a sustainability win, but the reality is far more complicated. In one of the world’s largest e-waste sites, workers are recovering valuable materials from discarded devices while facing dangerous conditions that raise a harder question about who really pays the price for the circular economy.

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