Electronic waste, or "e-waste," is any broken or unwanted electronic device or appliance.
E-waste includes computers, TVs, mobile phones and other items discarded by their original users.
Rapid changes in technology, low costs and obsolescence have created this rapidly growing trash problem around the globe.
Electronic waste is a growing problem in the world, according to environmental health activists. Toxic ingredients are a serious threat, they say.
Laborers use sharp blades to strip insulation from wires to recycle the more valuable copper at Mayapuri Industrial Area
An importer generates about $10 in revenue from each unit of electronic trash, according to an estimate from Toxics Link, a non-profit group based in India.
Environmental activists say it's time to crack down on electronic waste. An estimated 70 percent of it ends up in India, according to Toxics Link, a non-profit group based in the country.
E-waste recycling flourishes in the Turkman Gate neighborhood of Old Delhi, India.
Cathode ray tube monitors from personal computers are separated out by workers at the largest e-waste management center in India -- Old Seelampur, East Delhi.
E-waste is supposed to stay in its own country, under the international Basel Convention of 1989. India ratified the convention in 1992. Afghanistan, Haiti, and the United States signed the convention but have not yet ratified it.
Laborers dismantle computer keyboards at a shop in Old Seelampur, East Delhi.
An air conditioner of 'Fedders', a worldwide air conditioning giant, in the Mayapuri Industrial Area, Delhi. Fedders, has not launched itself as a brand in India. Currently in a joint venture with Voltas India and Fedders is involved only in the manufacturing process.
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