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E-Waste

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E-waste is discarded electronics — appliances, batteries, phones, computers — containing toxic materials, making it one of the fastest-growing garbage categories.

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A discarded phone shipped abroad for informal recycling exposes workers to toxic metals inside it, without the regulation limiting exposure domestically.

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E-waste is distinct from ordinary garbage due to its toxic materials; treating it as routine trash ignores that hazard.

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