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A Free Trip to the World's Largest Electronic Waste Dump
I went to Agbogbloshie, Ghana to see where our old computers end up and found an unlikely source of inspiration
I've had to travel a lot over the last few years, and doing so I ended up collecting many frequent flyer points. Eventually, I collected enough to book a free trip! Even with all the world's most beautiful destinations at my fingertips, the place I really wanted to go to was more...off the beaten path. I had heard about a city in Ghana called Agbogbloshie where pretty much all our electronic waste is being dumped, and decided that I wanted to see exactly where our old computers, dishwashers and blenders end up. Turns out there are amazing things going on there! It's essentially one big recycling village, and a very fascinating place.
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I joined specifically so that I could comment that this was among the most vile videos I've ever seen. Not only does this guy "take a holiday" to one of the most polluted places on the planet (how charitable!), he does so to mock impoverished locals for not having access to tools that would keep them safe(ish), makes light of the miles of toxic garbage by calling it "a little recycling community", and points out (with a mildly surprised tone?) that some of these people are even smart enough to fix the computers that their kids and livestock are milling around in. How industrious! Please go home, never make another video again, and delete this one.