Agbogbloshie in Ghana became one of the largest electronic waste dumps on the entire planet, taking in millions of tons of discarded appliances, smartphones, and computers from wealthier nations.

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Agbogbloshie in Ghana became one of the largest electronic waste dumps on the entire planet, taking in millions of tons of discarded appliances, smartphones, and computers from wealthier nations. Tech companies boast about their sleek, minimalist, carbon-neutral corporate headquarters while quietly relying on a global supply chain that dumps toxic heavy metals into the soil of developing countries. We are expected to constantly upgrade our perfectly functional smartphones every twelve months just because the new camera lens is arranged diagonally instead of vertically. The entire tech ecosystem is built on the psychotic delusion of infinite consumption, producing mountains of hazardous trash that we simply export so we do not have to look at the consequences of our screen addiction