Every year, up to 50 million tons of electronic waste - computers, television sets, mobile phones, household appliances - are discarded in the developed world. 75% of this waste disappears from the legal recycling circuits, with much of it being shipped illegally to India, China or Africa.
Illegal recycling and waste dumping is a multi-million dollar business, polluting the environment and destroying the lives and health of those forced to live with it. THE E-WASTE TRAGEDY takes viewers on an investigation to Europe, China, Africa and the US to reveal how the European recycling system -- ruined by lack of controls, greed and corruption -- leaks like a sieve to shady international exporters; how harbor officials in Europe and Asia are fighting a losing battle against the immense volume of e-waste crossing the oceans.
| Directed by | Cosima Dannoritzer |
| Written by | Cosima Dannoritzer |