The tragic prices of e-waste

In response to the U.N., about 50 million tons of digital waste (or e-waste) are produced yearly, the overwhelming majority of which winds up strewn in landfills within the international South, the place individuals sift by means of the digital particles in quest of worthwhile metals. Correspondent Seth Doane seems to be on the tragic prices that happen when shopper merchandise attain their end-of-life, and examines efforts to ramp up formal recycling and increasing the lifetime of merchandise like smartphones.