Olivier Asselin photography

GHANA E-WASTE

Boys stand in a cloud of smoke by burning pieces of plastic near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008..Using pieces of plastic from computer casings and foam from old refrigerators, boys build fires to burn plastic off cables that come from computers and other electronics. They recover the copper and sell it for about $4 a kilo.

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Contained in galleries: Ghana e-waste

Boys stand in a cloud of smoke by burning pieces of plastic near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008..Using pieces of plastic from computer casings and foam from old refrigerators, boys build fires to burn plastic off cables that come from computers and other electronics. They recover the copper and sell it for about $4 a kilo.