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India's growing e-waste mountain
Piles of abandoned electronic devices offer living for those prepared to salvage valuable components.
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2012 21:10

Every year the world throws out millions of electronic devices, as they become obsolete.

It’s called e-waste and countries and corporations are discussing new ways of dealing with it at a conference in Vienna.

Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports on the growing problem in Delhi.
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