Thanks so much for this. The photos are quite powerful, and yes, this issue is very much on my mind. I’ve done some work on it in the West African context, and was very impressed with the advocacy the Chintan has done around e-waste here.

In fact, they collaborated with the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition on a film about the problems of e-waste export and disassembly in India. A snippet of that film is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkndVAwBf_k

The issue is really one of extended producer responsibility. Corporations who manufacture these products need to 1) make them clean and free of toxics, and 2) take responsibility for them at end of life. At the same time, simply outlawing informal recycling of e-waste would devastate the livelihoods of some of the poorest in urban India.

Hope you are doing well in Peru. Keep up the great work!

Ted

This made me think of you…http://www.sophiegerrard.com/SophieHomeIndex.html. It’s photos of electronic (tech) waste in India. Have you come across this at all?

Un saludo from Lima,

Jess