Waitan Pictorial: The revelation of global electronic rubbish grave

Wen/Liu Xuyang photography/stanleygreene/noor in western developed countries, there is such a secret: when you send electronic waste to the recyclers rather than into the dustbin, soon, about 80% of the e-waste will be loaded into container ships, shipped to Nigeria, India, In Pakistan and China, the landfills, which have been shrouded in poisonous smoke, are perennial. Stanley Grigny, an American photographer from the Yukin Smith of humanitarian photography, visited these unknown electronic rubbish graves for 3 years, using the lens to tell the horror story of the demise and rebirth of electronic products. Igam dump, Lagos, Nigeria. "Life is measured by weight. "Everything here will be weighed in scales and paid in kilograms." For example, a sack of computer boards and wires is about 11 kilograms, worth 2 of dollars. The Doyin dump in Orile-iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria. Scavengers carry electronic waste from trucks and dump them into landfills. The children here are running and tearing up anything they can find, hoping to find some metal, especially copper and gold. Oradipo (Oladipo) computer market, Lagos, Nigeria. Discarded parts of the computer market were dumped into canals, and scavengers dragged the rubbish out of the river when the canal was low. Because these are toxic waste, the canal has a lot of burning flames, recycling is fraught with danger. The city of Lagos, Nigeria, Alabarago. Alabarago is under the control of "nail boys" because, when you drive through their territory, you are bound to encounter difficulties, or there will be planks strewn with nails on the road, or chips with nails on their hands. They use these means to persuade passers-by to pay protection fees to avoid personal injury. If you want to come here, you need a license from the head of the E-waste gang. The city of Lagos, Nigeria, Ajegunle. Ajegunle is a landfill that collects and cleans electronic components, and is home to many people who aspire to become non musicians in Lagos city. The boy, Ashapo, was burned when he tried to take some electronic devices from a pile of electronic waste that was about to be burned, and he fell into the fire, burned his neck, face and chest, and even lost a toe. Now he earns his living by buying and selling electronic waste. Karachisadar Region, Pakistan. Some chemicals used in computer keyboards and display enclosures are very similar to arsenic, causing serious skin problems and other health problems. Surjani Borough of Carachinhari, Pakistan. The town of Surjani is a major dump, where most e-waste is dumped and useless waste is dumped into the Niari that flows to Arabian Sea. These pollutants will destroy the marine ecological environment. Igam dump, Lagos, Nigeria. "We are Muslims, we are from the north." For Muslim workers, five times a day to AnnIt's very important to pull a prayer. We live like families, we are brothers, because we speak the same language, which is called ' Hausa ', the main language of northern Nigeria. Christians have everything, and we can only live on their leftovers. That's all we got. "The snow-capped Greenland was supposed to be a pure world, and now it is occupied by countless discarded computer monitors and other electronic waste." Despite the progress of our civilization, our approach to Earth's homes and human companions has become more savage. The snow-capped Greenland was supposed to be a pure world, now being occupied by countless discarded computer monitors and other electronic waste. This scene shocked Noor photographer Stanley Grigny. "I am beginning to realize that this is a major topic that cannot be missed. "In Stanley Grigny's view, the" tracking of E-waste "is a documentary project to" explore the use of electronic devices in everyday life after the exhaustion of life, how the government and business people deliberately ignored, and the civilian population caused irreparable harm. " In more than three years of interviews, he put more time into research. Born in the United States, Stanley Yukin Smith from a renowned humanitarian documentary photographer. Though already more than 60 years old, Stanley wears a Chechen beret, sunglasses and a big silver ring, passionate about life, hostile to the dark and compassionate to ordinary people. "Despite the progress of our civilization, our approach to Earth's homes and human companions has become more savage," he said. "In the preface to the E-waste project," he writes, "We are polluting our own air, land, rivers, and even poisoning ourselves by our indifference to the earth and our species." 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