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Unwanted electronics are reborn in India.

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A journalist from Ticino resident in Bern, I write on scientific and social issues with reports, articles, interviews and analysis. I am interested in environmental, climate change and energy issues, as well as migration, development aid and human rights in general. 

Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch

Old computers, telephones and televisions are given a second lease of life in a suburb of the Indian capital, New Delhi. A large part of the e-waste is not however recycled safely. Switzerland supports non-governmental organisations in India like Toxics Link, which seek solutions to better protect workers’ health and the environment. Satish Sinha of Toxics Link explains the problem. (Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch)












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