ESOURCE by Hal Watts
 
 
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ESOURCE by Hal Watts

 
 
 
Artist Hal Watts

GoSee Recommendation : ‘Esource’ by RCA Graduate and Helen Hamlyn Design Award 2012 winner Hal Watts makes the world a bit better

Electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) is the fastest growing waste stream worldwide. The UK illegally exports 70% of its WEEE, largely to the west coast of Africa. One of the biggest centres for WEEE imports is Accra in Ghana, where some 40,000 people are dependant on informal recycling.

One of the worst practices in Accra is the burning of electrical wire to get rid of the insulation and recover the copper within. Disturbingly, this is...

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