Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Omar-Sahrif-Works-with-E-Waste-27MZIFL687VG.htmlConceptually similarIlyas Works in the Riverbed Burning off E-WasteGP01J9ACompleted★★★★Omar Sharif and Asad Ali Collect E-WasteGP01J9BCompleted★★★★Omar Sharif and Asad Ali Work for a Scrap YardGP01J9DCompleted★★★★Teenager has Black Hands from Burning E-Waste in KarachiGP01J9PCompleted★★★★ Wires and Cables are Brought to the Lyari River Before Being Set AlightGP01J9ICompleted★★★★A Printer Waits to be Shredded in a Scrap YardGP01J96Completed★★★★Babul Lalu and Tariq Aziz from KarachiGP01J9HCompleted★★★★Ghafoor Ibrahim at a Scrap Yard Near the Lyari RiverGP01J95Completed★★★★Bags of Plastic Waste Wait to be Bleached in KarachiGP01J9RCompleted★★★★View AllGP01J92Omar Sahrif Works with E-WasteOmar Sahrif (14) has never been given guidelines on how to work safely with e-waste. He burns cables and wires: "It is very easy. We put them on the ground and start a fire with some paper. We use a stick to move the wires so the fire keeps going. It is easy. We try to keep a distance. Sometimes things explode, but usually it doesn't go very high". Locations:Asia-Karachi-Lyari-PakistanDate:14 Aug, 2008Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 4500pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Children-Electronic waste-Electronic waste workers-Electronics-KWCI (GPI)-Pollution-Poverty-Shanty towns-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposalShoot:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in PakistanIn the Karachi district of Lyari, hundreds of workers, including teenage children, earn their livelihoods by dismantling electronic scrap and extracting valuable components such as copper to sell. This is an insight into the personal cost of e-waste. Thousands of tons of e-waste such as discarded PCs, mobile phones and TVs, are dumped in Africa and Asia every year. Greenpeace research shows that some of this waste is exported from Europe to Pakistan.Related Collections:'Green Gadgets: Designing Our Future' Report (All Photographers)
