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E-waste in West Africa

Geoff Riley

7th November 2014

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West Africa, and in particular Ghana, is widely known as the main dumping ground for electronic waste.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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