The cost of technological progress is that, with each exponential leap of Moore’s Law, obsolete machinery is cast away as garbage. And, because discarded electronics often contain harmful components and toxic waste, landfill regulations in first world nations prevent the disposal of such products. Where then does the e-waste go? According to one Salon article, “millions of used computers, TVs, cellphones and other electronics [are dumped] in the world’s developing regions, including those in China, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Eastern Europe and Africa.” Afate Gnikou of the Togo-based WoeLab, the first hackerspace in West Africa, hopes to do his part to rectify the problem with the W.…
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