Where does the garbage of the first world end up?

Wired: Inside the Hellscape Where Our Computers Go to Die

Article published: Apr 23, 2015 – out of date: no longer suitable for your IB Economics commentary

IB Economics syllabus: Development Economics (poverty, inequality, market failure, pollution)

“PEOPLE LOVE GADGETS — especially shiny new ones. Bigger screens. Faster processors. Slimmer profiles. But what happens to our mobile phones, computers and televisions when we upgrade?”

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By EconDaddy IB Economics tutor| 2017-08-23T10:51:50+00:00 May 2nd, 2015|Development Economics|Comments Off

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Where does the garbage of the first world end up?