Track My Trash

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Duration: 29 minutes

How does a broken TV thrown out at a council site in London end up 3,000 miles away on a toxic dump in West Africa where children scavenge for metal waste in a cocktail of poisonous fumes?

Using tracking equipment inside broken TV sets, Panorama investigates the illegal market in electronic waste - and the recycling companies whose green credentials may not be all they claim.

Last on

Tue 31 May 2011 00:45 BBC One Wales only

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  • E-WASTE ILLEGALLY DUMPED IN GHANA

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    Raphael Rowe travels to Ghana to meet some of the children who risk their health to scavenge dumpsites full of electronic waste - much of it imported illegally from the UK.

  • Britain's illegal e-waste leaking into West Africa

    Britain's illegal e-waste leaking into West Africa

    Panorama examines the illegal trade in broken electronics - or e-waste - that is ending up in West African dumpsites.

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  • South London Waste Partnership Response

    The South London Waste Partnership gave this statement to Panorama in response to Track My Trash.

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Credits

Reporter
Raphael Rowe
Producer
Howard Bradburn

Broadcasts

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