What actually happens to your recycled electronics?
Clip: 5/9/2016 | 7m 58s
A lot of tossed junk, with its toxic components, winds up in poorer nations.
The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their unwanted products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with its toxic components, winds up in poorer nations -- and that very little recycling is going on. Special correspondents Ken Christensen and Katie Campbell of KCTS report.
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What actually happens to your recycled electronics?
Clip: 5/9/2016 | 7m 58s
The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their unwanted products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with its toxic components, winds up in poorer nations -- and that very little recycling is going on. Special correspondents Ken Christensen and Katie Campbell of KCTS report.
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