Recycling electronic waste in Ghana: the story of Joseph Awuah-Darko

Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on the blackened ground.

the 21-year-old British-born Ghanaian, surveying the stretch of wasteland around him as dense plumes of smoke rise into the air.

Awuah-Darko and his university friends have ambitious plans for the sprawling Agbogbloshie dumping ground in Ghana's capital, Accra.

"I don’t really think the future of Agbogbloshie is that it should be con…
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