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Piles of discarded electronic waste, including old televisions and computer monitors, scattered across a dry, grassy field with rusted metal and debris.

Workers dismantling old computers and electronics at E-Parisara, an electronic waste recycling factory, on April 11, 2008, in Dobbspet, 45 kilometers from Bangalore.

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Piles of discarded electronic waste, including old televisions and computer monitors, scattered across a dry, grassy field with rusted metal and debris.

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Electronic waste in a garbage dump.

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Workers dismantling old computers and electronics at E-Parisara, an electronic waste recycling factory, on April 11, 2008, in Dobbspet, 45 kilometers from Bangalore.

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Workers disassembling electronic waste products for reuse, recycling, and recovery...

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