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This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello. Your minute begins now.

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The town of Agbogbloshie in the West African country of Ghana has been called a digital dumping ground.

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Millions of tons of discarded electronics wind up there annually, so people can try to recover anything of value.

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It's therefore one of the most polluted places in the world,

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because workers burn plastic coatings to get at the metal in the guts of gadgets.

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But Agbogbloshie is about to get cleaner, thanks to the opening of a new facility for handling such e-waste.

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Four machines that can strip plastic will prevent the burning that produces hazardous smoke.

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E-waste is a large and growing problem thanks to the large and growing appetite for electronics.

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Responsible recyclers exist, but too much e-waste still ends up being exported and improperly disposed of in places like Agbogbloshie.

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The worst e-waste remains batteries.

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The most common type, lead-acid batteries, are classified as toxic waste once used.

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And more and more rechargeable lithium ion batteries are finding their way into landfills and other unsafe disposal sites.

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But the problem of e-waste can be solved with proper recycling.

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The new machines in Agbogbloshie should be able to strip enough wires to produce about 10 metric tons of copper a month.

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That's good news for livelihoods and lungs of local residents.

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