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"PCs and smartphones adding to 'e-waste mountain' that could reach 50m tonnes by 2017, much of it dumped and traded in developing countries, reports "

"Over 40 million tonnes of electric and electronic waste (also known as e-waste) are produced worldwide every year. That is boundless heaps of refrigerators, computers, television sets, ovens, telephones, air conditioning units, lamps, toasters and other electric and electronic devices, with a total weight equal to seven times that of the Great Pyramid of Giza. "

"As the UK's only carton recycling factory opens, Tim Smedley takes a tour and asks if it's the beginning of the end for shipping waste to China"

"Egyptian Christian minority with tradition of turning a profit from recycling given official role in city's waste processing"

"At Agbogbloshie, young people scavenge for scrap metal amid the smoke from plastics fires. The health risks are obvious - but the money is too good to ignore"

These images show the varying levels of light pollution on Earth, as seen from space. Canadian scientist Felix Pharand-Deschênes created the images to highlight our waste of energy.

"Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items"

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"Country impounds huge shipment and claims British companies are using it as dumping ground for toxic old appliances"