A global graveyard for dead computers in Ghana
The graveyard of dead computers in pictures.
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At the dump, the machines are dismantled and often burned to extract metals for resale.
The equipment in this digital cemetery come mainly from Europe and the United States, sometimes as secondhand donations meant to reduce the "digital divide'' — the disparity in computer access between poor nations and rich. (NYT Photo) -
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, agreed to in 1989 and now adopted by a majority of nations, was meant to stop the dumping of toxic waste in poor countries. But rules get complicated when the waste arrives as a gift. (NYT Photo)
