A portrait of Steve Jobs made entirely from electronic waste

“It seems fitting that the man whose company produced tons of e-waste should be immortalized in this way” - Annalee Newitz

As a danger?

E-waste lines the lobbies of upper class New York hotels. But does it make us think about our throw away society as a problem?

Keyboard art design by Sarah Frost in the James Hotel of New York

Each year, an estimated 20-50 million metric tonnes of E-waste is produced by humans. Of which up to 80% is exported to the Far East, India, Africa and China.

This is ILLEGALThis is very harmful

E-waste surrounds the lives of thousands of people. The leftovers of western world are beginning to define the existence of places less fortunate.

- Highly toxic

- Extreme health risks

- No protection

Agbogbloshie, Ghana ● One of the largest dumping grounds ● Suffering for our mess

Adam Nasara, 25

Kwabena Labobe, 10

Adjoa, 9

Rahman Dauda, 12

E-waste contamination runs for miles, affecting the

environment in disastrous ways.

Water supplies become

unusable and the wildlife is

poisoned.

Agbogbloshie, Ghana

“We believe that manufacturers of electronic goods, who have benefited from sales of their products, should take responsibility for them from production through to the end of their lives” - Greenpeace

But whose responsibility is it?

There is a solution and it starts with

US

AND RECONSIDER YOUR NEXT UPGRADE

E-WASTEOne Man’s Trash is another Man’s

Terror

By Cassie Doyle

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Slide Two Frost, S 2012, ‘Keyboard Wall’ of James Hotel New York, viewed 10.05.14

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Slide Three Zinneke, 2007,  ’Pile of discharged computer keyboards’, 23rd June via

Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

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Slide three (continued) Greenpeace, 2008, ‘A pile of electronic waste on a roadside in Guiyu’, viewed

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E-waste, 2013, disgarded computer parts, entertradebd.com, Bangladesh, viewed 10.05.14, <http://entertradebd.com/?page_id=154>

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Slide four Vorre, 2010, Computer screen, 20th July via Open Clip Art, Attribution-

ShareAlike  licence McConnell, A 2010, Rubbish Dump 2.0, viewed 17.05.14

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Slide five Ciaglo, M 2013, A digital Dump, Boy burning e-waste in Agbogbloshie,

viewed 18.05.14 <http://www.michaelciaglo.com/agbogbloshie-a-digital-dump#1>

Seattle, J 2013, ‘The E-Waste Crisis; What you can do’, 4th February via Flickr, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

References

Slide six McElvaney, K 2014, Dumping ground: Adam Nasara, 25, using polystyrene to

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McElvaney, K 2014, Playground: Agbogbloshie is a playground for Kwabena Labobe, 10, viewed 10.05.14 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595966/Think-television-recycled-rid-This-likely-end-dumping-grounds-one-dubbed-worlds-biggest-e-waste-site.html#ixzz32hjOkZSW>

McElvaney, K 2014, Water: Adjoa, nine, sells small water bags to the boys, viewed 10.05.14 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595966/Think-television-recycled-rid-This-likely-end-dumping-grounds-one-dubbed-worlds-biggest-e-waste-site.html#ixzz32hjOkZSW>

McElvaney, K 2014, Worker: Rahman Dauda, 12, started working here three years ago, viewed 10.05.14 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595966/Think-television-recycled-rid-This-likely-end-dumping-grounds-one-dubbed-worlds-biggest-e-waste-site.html#ixzz32hjOkZSW>

Slide seven McElvaney, K 2014, Waste: Old monitors are used to build bridges across the

water, viewed 10.05.14 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595966/Think-television-recycled-rid-This-likely-end-dumping-grounds-one-dubbed-worlds-biggest-e-waste-site.html#ixzz32hjOkZSW>

References

McElvaney, K 2014, Once fertile land: cows still visit their old grazing grounds but are now poisoned by the e-waste, viewed 10.05.14 <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595966/Think-television-recycled-rid-This-likely-end-dumping-grounds-one-dubbed-worlds-biggest-e-waste-site.html#ixzz32hjOkZSW>

Slide eight Greenpeace, 2012, Guide to greener Electronics, viewed 16.05.14

<http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/cool-it/Campaign-analysis/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/>

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Jordan, C 2013, MobileMuster collection box on display at the artwork, viewed 15.05.14 <http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/news/image-gallery/>

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Stallio, 2008, Green Circuit, 30th December via Flickr, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic  licence

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