In pictures, Ghana's e-waste disaster
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Agbogbloshie is a playground for Kwabena Labobe, 10. His parents are not able to send him to school and forbid him to burn e-waste. (<a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">Kevin McElvaney</a>)
The Odaw river separates Agbogbloshie from Galaway, where people live, trade and work. (<a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">Kevin McElvaney</a>)
Women from a nearby market sell fruit to the boys and scrap dealers. (<a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">Kevin McElvaney</a>)
Computers that look like they are in good shape are sold untested to customers in Accra and elsewhere. (<a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">Kevin McElvaney</a>)
As commonly done in Agbogbloshie, Adam Nasara, 25, uses Styropor from refrigerators to light a fire. (<a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">Kevin McElvaney</a>)
Old monitors are used to build bridges. <a target="_blank" href="http://derkevin.com/Agbogbloshie.html">See all of Kevin McElvaney's photos here</a> (Kevin McElvaney)