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Tackling e-waste around the world

Tech Life looks at the problem of electronic waste and finds out how digital step trackers are helping bring access to water in India.

Shiona McCallum reports from Kenya on ways people there are tackling e-waste and helping to recycle electronic products. It is one of the fastest growing streams of waste, with an estimated 50 million tonnes produced globally every year. Also in this episode Alasdair Keane has been finding out about a project to make the internet available in more languages and we hear about a community in India using step trackers to campaign for better sanitation.

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27 minutes

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Sun 3 Dec 2023 12:32GMT

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