![Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. At the Agbogbloshie scrap yard, men burn cables and other parts of old electrical appliances to extract the raw metals and resell them. Credit: Gioia Forster/dpa/Alamy Live Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. At the Agbogbloshie scrap yard, men burn cables and other parts of old electrical appliances to extract the raw metals and resell them. Credit: Gioia Forster/dpa/Alamy Live](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PRE5NR/accra-ghana-12th-june-2018-at-the-agbogbloshie-scrap-yard-men-burn-cables-and-other-parts-of-old-electrical-appliances-to-extract-the-raw-metals-and-resell-them-credit-gioia-forsterdpaalamy-live-news-PRE5NR.jpg)
Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. At the Agbogbloshie scrap yard, men burn cables and other parts of old electrical appliances to extract the raw metals and resell them. Credit: Gioia Forster/dpa/Alamy Live
![Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. Remnants of old electrical appliances mixed with household waste lie on an open space next to Agbogbloshie. Here, many recyclers burn cables, for example, to melt the Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. Remnants of old electrical appliances mixed with household waste lie on an open space next to Agbogbloshie. Here, many recyclers burn cables, for example, to melt the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PPN5BT/accra-ghana-12th-june-2018-remnants-of-old-electrical-appliances-mixed-with-household-waste-lie-on-an-open-space-next-to-agbogbloshie-here-many-recyclers-burn-cables-for-example-to-melt-the-plastic-and-make-it-easier-to-get-to-the-copper-to-dpa-story-dpa-story-unser-elektroschrott-in-ghana-from-27092018-credit-gioia-forsterdpaalamy-live-news-PPN5BT.jpg)
Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. Remnants of old electrical appliances mixed with household waste lie on an open space next to Agbogbloshie. Here, many recyclers burn cables, for example, to melt the
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![Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. The recycler Olu Yahaya forges a bracelet from metals he has extracted from old electrical appliances. Unlike most recyclers in Agbogbloshie, he does not sell the raw Accra, Ghana. 12th June, 2018. The recycler Olu Yahaya forges a bracelet from metals he has extracted from old electrical appliances. Unlike most recyclers in Agbogbloshie, he does not sell the raw](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PPN5B1/accra-ghana-12th-june-2018-the-recycler-olu-yahaya-forges-a-bracelet-from-metals-he-has-extracted-from-old-electrical-appliances-unlike-most-recyclers-in-agbogbloshie-he-does-not-sell-the-raw-materials-directly-but-makes-jewellery-or-cooking-utensils-from-them-to-dpa-story-dpa-story-unser-elektroschrott-in-ghana-from-27092018-credit-gioia-forsterdpaalamy-live-news-PPN5B1.jpg)