Nigeria faces growing e-waste problem

In Nigeria, an entire industry thrives on the demand for imported second-hand electronic goods.

Urban mining is when electronic items are broken apart and then stripped of precious metals such as gold, silver, palladium and others.

This poses a danger to the environment and also to people’s health/

Al Jazeera’s Ama Boateng reports from Lagos.

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Source: AMA