Ghana e-waste

A man searches through piles of discarded computer circuit boards and computer monitor casings for any retrievable components of value for re-sale. at toxic dumping ground near the settlement of ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’, in Accra, Ghana. The ‘e-waste’ is shipped there from the UK, the USA and Europe for ‘disposal’.
Picture by Peter Nicholls-The Times-15/07/09