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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello. Your minute begins now.
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2 .The town of Agbogbloshie in the West African country of Ghana has been called a digital dumping ground.
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3 .Millions of tons of discarded electronics wind up there annually, so people can try to recover anything of value.
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4 .It's therefore one of the most polluted places in the world,
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5 .because workers burn plastic coatings to get at the metal in the guts of gadgets.
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6 .But Agbogbloshie is about to get cleaner, thanks to the opening of a new facility for handling such e-waste.
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7 .Four machines that can strip plastic will prevent the burning that produces hazardous smoke.
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8 .E-waste is a large and growing problem thanks to the large and growing appetite for electronics.
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9 .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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10 .The worst e-waste remains batteries.
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11 .The most common type, lead-acid batteries, are classified as toxic waste once used.
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12 .And more and more rechargeable lithium ion batteries are finding their way into landfills and other unsafe disposal sites.
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13 .But the problem of e-waste can be solved with proper recycling.
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14 .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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15 .That's good news for livelihoods and lungs of local residents.
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16 .Your minute is up, for Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello.
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