The Toxic E-Waste Trade Killing Pakistan's Poorest

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • The E-Waste Curse: The deadly effect of dumping E-waste in Pakistan
    Pakistan has become an illegal dumping ground for some of the 50 million tons of e-waste created each year. Karachi's poor earn a living from the toxic detritus, but the vicious cycle of consumption could prove fatal.
    In Pakistan, the massive arrival of electronic waste has created an informal substance economy that feeds 150,000 people. The country's poor salvage what they can from the cast-offs of the electronic revolution: copper, steel, brass. Nassir is one who has cashed in on the opportunities found in old cables and hard-drives. "It’s a good business. I have more and more work", he says. Yet workers pay the price for a few grams of copper; 4 million people die every year because of electronic waste and recycling workers have the lowest life expectancy in Pakistan. In his recycling shop, Akhbar earns 2€ on a good day. It feeds his family of six, but his health has suffered. "This job is dangerous. It’s very toxic". And the toxic legacy is far-reaching - "It’s a catastrophe...especially for the children", warns Saba, an activist for the WWF. "They will continue to live here and be poisoned, it’s dangerous for them and it’s dangerous for the next generations". In our relentlessly consumerist world, can the global poor be saved from the toxic trade in e-waste?
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  • @pflernak
    @pflernak 5 років тому +766

    Meanwhile eco friendly companies like Apple are doing whatever they can so that repair shops cant repair their products and you need to buy a new one.
    This is why we need right to repair acts.

    • @paulieheydrich9772
      @paulieheydrich9772 5 років тому +22

      nipi tiri they fk their customers as much as they can

    • @TheEarthHistorysConfusing
      @TheEarthHistorysConfusing 5 років тому +6

      nipi tiri I Never heard about this and never heard of a company fixing some product of theirs so you don’t buy another one. Never heard of it , they’re saying here oh it’s broken, you need to upgrade today as it cannot be repaired.

    • @smallerfreeze
      @smallerfreeze 4 роки тому +10

      Pretty much all went downhill fast after JFK was taken

    • @LaFonteCheVi
      @LaFonteCheVi 4 роки тому +34

      Apple is not at all eco friendly.

    • @brucelevine6517
      @brucelevine6517 4 роки тому +11

      N
      Bill gates wipes his ass with hundred dollar bills while children die from cancer cleaning his waste .it would not hurt him to help 3rd world human beings

  • @Quraishy
    @Quraishy 5 років тому +298

    Worse translation i have ever seen. Probably worse than the pollution itself

    • @jaelynn7575
      @jaelynn7575 5 років тому +30

      I wish people in the comments would tell us what is mistranslated.

    • @imad9447
      @imad9447 5 років тому +18

      Literally the worst. Even google couldve translated it better... in many places there are sentences the speaker didnt even say.

    • @SeaCowsBeatLobsters
      @SeaCowsBeatLobsters 5 років тому +4

      Its all mistranslated. You don’t even need to understand the words to see.

    • @syedhateem4498
      @syedhateem4498 5 років тому +21

      Mostly they r kind of censoring it so as to direct it their way, eg the fisherman in the end was saying something like that the fish dont come here because of cows shit and other waste which fill the shores or seaside but the translation was its because of pollution than the correspondent diverts the conversation and says what about the pollutant water coming out of the drains and than he says something like yes that also kills the fish. so mostly its like that and when people r supporting their work or claims it translated like we dont have any other way, please help us we r doomed etc when in reality they have said more things @jae lynn even the wwf workers shown here clearly shows they have less experience and its all propaganda type u can clearly see her smiling when the two r talking their language is also like its not natural its like the director or cameraman said heres what points we want out of the conversation say these things ok action. All of this could be shown in a better way but sadly this documentary was just selfish, i am all for showing problems n they have clearly shown them but dont censor things to prove just one point. Basically its not because of just e-waste but they choose to censor those things tunnel visioned viewer to their goal.

    • @warnpassion
      @warnpassion 5 років тому +2

      Quraishy Worst English I have ever seen.

  • @vitalie96
    @vitalie96 5 років тому +228

    Ideally, those who produce electronics have to be responsible for its recycling.

    • @in-motus
      @in-motus 5 років тому +14

      But then about 150,000 lives in Karachi alone will be turned upside down, taking their jobs and 2 euros a day from them... So it's a double edged sword and it's not as straightforward as it seems.

    • @romoalex
      @romoalex 4 роки тому +7

      You solved the problem

    • @tapand82
      @tapand82 4 роки тому +9

      We humans are consuming way more than we require...put a environment levy on the cost of product which will make it automatically expensive reducing consumption at the same time the levy should be used to minimise the impact to environment caused by our consumption

    • @jamesmorgan3782
      @jamesmorgan3782 4 роки тому +13

      Surely some responsibility must fall on us consumers too.

    • @Misterprepper
      @Misterprepper 4 роки тому +8

      Well let’s see where they come from, I bet that most come from the biggest champions of climate change reform

  • @Lynx0123456789
    @Lynx0123456789 6 років тому +659

    Damn, the comment section is more toxic than the scrap recycling place in Karachi

    • @melvinthedeathless.melvint6727
      @melvinthedeathless.melvint6727 6 років тому +41

      some folks can't handle unpleasant truths. some folks use this vid to belittle people of color. Most of these commentators just don't understand how privileged they are and don't appreciate the life they have.

    • @raulepure9840
      @raulepure9840 6 років тому +13

      This is a display an poorly and uneducated people who cant manage their lives properly
      E-waste is not so hard to recycle if is done by the book
      I dont like whinning eco-friendly type of documentaries that dont address the real problems

    • @phyoye2126
      @phyoye2126 6 років тому +5

      india should have to help pakistan people they are neighbour country and then they also have more better clean river

    • @adsmith364
      @adsmith364 6 років тому

      It truly is.

    • @mattlane2282
      @mattlane2282 6 років тому +8

      like trump said.. SHIT HOLE COUNTRIES

  • @Komputar
    @Komputar 7 років тому +176

    The subtitles are misleading when locals are answering questions.

    • @hogtek2497
      @hogtek2497 6 років тому +1

      I’m reading the comments anyways

    • @irielion3748
      @irielion3748 6 років тому

      Why use them then? Idiot.

    • @dgkwaffly6098
      @dgkwaffly6098 6 років тому +10

      I think they meant the translations. You kinda have to use them if you don't know their language

    • @SomeoneCommenting
      @SomeoneCommenting 5 років тому +10

      @@irielion3748 To make people think that they said that, when it is actually a propaganda message from the film producers.

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 5 років тому +2

      How is that propaganda?

  • @superserial1
    @superserial1 4 роки тому +17

    I recently inherited a desk at work with a really dirty keyboard. It took me a few tries but I finally got it cleaned. My other option was to ask IT for a new one. Kinda glad I didn’t after watching this.

  • @computername
    @computername 5 років тому +103

    The self-driving electric car will add another product to the piles. Oh boy, it feels so good to save the planet..

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 4 роки тому +4

      Planet of the Humans points to this idiocy of "green solutions" being worst e-waste.

    • @poopywelder
      @poopywelder 3 роки тому +7

      Diesels ain't so bad after all eh

    • @EDARDO112
      @EDARDO112 3 роки тому +5

      Especially that boy Elon would rather sell a new one than let you rapair your existent one

    • @alienandroid2012
      @alienandroid2012 3 роки тому +4

      Do you even know cars and batteries are recycled in the USA or do you just talk out of your tight asshole?

    • @es7nb
      @es7nb 3 роки тому +1

      @@EDARDO112 first of all , i don’t think u have enough brain cells to judge Elon or say smth that he hasn’t even done yet , u better keep being dumb and quiet plz

  • @nunyerbeeznaz2906
    @nunyerbeeznaz2906 6 років тому +60

    Pound it with a hammer,soak it with used battery acid,then rinse into public drinking supply. What could go wrong ???

    • @RanaRandom
      @RanaRandom 5 років тому +2

      So, that's why my cup of Tea drink tastes like shit. :D

  • @bluntman305
    @bluntman305 5 років тому +31

    0:08 looks like a clip from star wars when the jawas were scrapping droids

  • @habibilahlah
    @habibilahlah 6 років тому +74

    Nothing can be solved, without solving corruption.

    • @travelleryu
      @travelleryu 6 років тому +8

      And destroying islam

    • @joerowland607
      @joerowland607 5 років тому +3

      cant solve the problem of corruption without first tackling greed

    • @jaelynn7575
      @jaelynn7575 5 років тому +1

      @@travelleryu I think there are some groups within Islam that are NOT so evil, like in Saudi Arabia. Then again, I'm no expert. I personally think that ALL religion is damaging to girls/women. It's used to oppress women and empower men, we need to empower more women.

    • @jaelynn7575
      @jaelynn7575 5 років тому +1

      @@joerowland607 They go hand in hand.

    • @richardsandwell2285
      @richardsandwell2285 5 років тому

      And the world is full of bent corrupt bastards.

  • @jawadalishah2075
    @jawadalishah2075 6 років тому +33

    Pakistanis and Indian fighting in the comments. Shows our maturity. Patience and good vibes needed

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 6 років тому

      jawad ali shah LOL

    • @TheMANAS339
      @TheMANAS339 6 років тому +6

      exactly wat I m noticing ..and bloody whites who are the Epicentre of the problems r commenting shit about us . wen I say us it's Indians Pakistanis Bangladeshis and so on..these whites managed to divide us and divide us for good. I m from India. heart goes out for these ppl in the video.

    • @travelleryu
      @travelleryu 6 років тому +1

      @@TheMANAS339 Yet you say nothing about the caste system, arranged marriages or the heinous Sharia Law these muslims follow. India deserved to be colonized

    • @shubhampreetsingh8630
      @shubhampreetsingh8630 6 років тому +2

      You're right bro!! We have lot of issues to deal with, instead of sitting on youtube and becoming a keyboard warrior

    • @Asgharali-cw2jb
      @Asgharali-cw2jb 5 років тому

      @@htoodoh5770 Mostly indians obsessed with Pakistan. Inferiority complex and 1200+ years of being subject to Moguls

  • @WIZARDWERX
    @WIZARDWERX 7 років тому +187

    call Microsoft support

    • @aden1466
      @aden1466 6 років тому +11

      if you call, you will get someone in India...Pakistan and India don't like each other.

    • @stephbell9944
      @stephbell9944 5 років тому +2

      Obviously there too poor for contraception you have to remember in these countries they have a different way of life the women obey their husband's and if they don't use condoms then obviously the women and up with multiple children plus your son's look after the family when you get too old to work. Sad really. When it's easily avoidable

    • @highpineapple
      @highpineapple 5 років тому +1

      @@varunreddy9578 Yeah, you're clueless.

    • @rpscorp9457
      @rpscorp9457 5 років тому

      If you call support for anything in pakistan, your unqualified neighbor just may pick up.

    • @jacksheet1032
      @jacksheet1032 5 років тому

      Yeah i call Microsoft support... i call it crap!!

  • @SemperAugustusBubble
    @SemperAugustusBubble 7 років тому +12

    As someone who has lived in America my entire life this is just heartwrenching. Even the poorest parts of Mexico I've visited can't even begin to compare to this wasteland.

    • @alexm566
      @alexm566 2 роки тому +2

      this is still far better than many places in Africa.

    • @bigwendigo2253
      @bigwendigo2253 Рік тому

      @@alexm566 it’s about as equal as the parts of Africa that burn the plastic off of the copper wires and extract metal waste. But places like the DRC or other countries who are rebelling against their corrupt government and kidnapping child soldiers or suffering extreme famine, yeah this might be better.

  • @minhal_lhr
    @minhal_lhr 5 років тому +13

    This documentary is not wholly objective. And the comments section here is fair evidence of the utter ignorance of the average westerner when it comes to our affairs.

  • @syedrayan8736
    @syedrayan8736 8 років тому +48

    so many of the subtitles are wrong. The directors have misquoted a lot of people.

    • @garnetgun
      @garnetgun 6 років тому +5

      Syed Rayan they always do...

    • @SocraticIAM
      @SocraticIAM 6 років тому +15

      translation is a tough job, particularly conceptual frameworks, colloquialisms, and local/regional connotations.

    • @newnamesameperson397
      @newnamesameperson397 6 років тому +2

      It's leftist propaganda

  • @Prairiedrifter1
    @Prairiedrifter1 6 років тому +5

    If I barely have enough food myself then why the hell would I bring 4 kids into this world?

    • @SpankyDomDaddy
      @SpankyDomDaddy 6 років тому +5

      Ever Studied about Slum culture of income , it's like the 40's of america when people had 8-10 kids....

    • @cs0345
      @cs0345 5 років тому

      Its a survival instinct to ensure reproductive success.

    • @lightfox11
      @lightfox11 5 років тому

      Cant afford condoms

  • @ELEVOPR
    @ELEVOPR 5 років тому +19

    2:33 My Favorite Part of this video :o)

  • @hamzamalik248
    @hamzamalik248 6 років тому +20

    Subtitles are misleading sometimes. and this is the slums of karachi, whole of karachi or Pakistan is not like that.

    • @sad0n3
      @sad0n3 3 роки тому

      @Madematician this is islamic business

    • @jonaiyahe.pandapatan3690
      @jonaiyahe.pandapatan3690 3 роки тому

      @@sad0n3 Tsk another racist

    • @moizahmed9881
      @moizahmed9881 3 роки тому +2

      @Madematician everyday wtf thats a lie

    • @moizahmed9881
      @moizahmed9881 3 роки тому +2

      @Madematician nowits alot better you must be working there like 10 years ago

    • @moizahmed9881
      @moizahmed9881 3 роки тому

      @Madematician i dont know actully

  • @McQueenRLZ
    @McQueenRLZ 3 роки тому +1

    5 years has passed since this video and nothing has changed.

  • @MrRakah
    @MrRakah 7 років тому +21

    Vice needs to re-title this "The Toxic E-Waste Trade Killing Pakistan's Workers Who Refuse to Wear Masks"

    • @centralstar7168
      @centralstar7168 5 років тому +4

      MrRakah they don’t refuse to wear it. It is because it is too expensive to by masks containing the pure cotton and other materials because the money in some countries have lower values than others which makes it harder for people in third world countries to buy protection because they would rather suffer toxic gas rather than starving to death. If you watched the whole video the whole family lives of 2 Euros a day. Honestly feel bad for these peoplr

    • @apollocapitalgroup
      @apollocapitalgroup 5 років тому

      JUST NUKEM ALL

    • @ElNegus9985
      @ElNegus9985 3 роки тому

      But it's not Vice...

  • @MegaRambell
    @MegaRambell 7 років тому +13

    The goat at 2:34

  • @AZ-oy5vj
    @AZ-oy5vj 5 років тому +23

    24:30 low key using the kid as a drum set.

    • @amanwaseem926
      @amanwaseem926 3 роки тому +1

      🤣 jokes aside. Kids in pakistan really love that massage

    • @ikramqamar7786
      @ikramqamar7786 3 роки тому +1

      Same. But we use to love that!

  • @Kreln1221
    @Kreln1221 3 роки тому +6

    *The irony is that you might watching this video on a device that will end up being processed and recycled there...*

  • @khalidsohailhakim8141
    @khalidsohailhakim8141 5 років тому +27

    24:08 the poor girl coughing brought tears in my eyes. I mean this is same in India China Bangladesh and other asian countries. No law no awareness by government. People suffering in sheer ignorance or lack of better jobs to survive.

    • @newman4773
      @newman4773 4 роки тому +1

      Dont put all asian country. Malaysia,singapore,brunei,japan has no such thing. Read reliable source

    • @funnyhomemadefilms4145
      @funnyhomemadefilms4145 4 роки тому

      @Rakesh yes

  • @djfield
    @djfield 7 років тому +82

    Haha the goat is chillin in front of the camera...

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 7 років тому +3

      Eduardo Enrique That goat is the G.O.A.T.

    • @mangolighters
      @mangolighters 6 років тому +1

      bro i paused to video to check for a goat comment, he looks like an alien

    • @Trees100
      @Trees100 6 років тому

      all animals matter.

    • @Mom_sBasement
      @Mom_sBasement 6 років тому

      The goat has a better life than the people.

    • @fatcatfunnies6216
      @fatcatfunnies6216 6 років тому

      @AssasinArsenal47 omg this got me so bad X"D LMAO

  • @miriamhaider6385
    @miriamhaider6385 6 років тому +25

    I have been to Pakistan last year for 3 months to do some charity work and the 1st problem that I seen is that yes the government have a bugget for that stuff but the small village MPs are putting it in there pockets building them self's houses have nice car and not spending the money were it should of been spend. It's very sad because Pakistan is a beautiful country with alot of potential but it's full of corruption....

  • @ravingapache1
    @ravingapache1 5 років тому +22

    At age 16, I was living in Japan and saw firsthand how recycling was done. I would visit the electronics shops in Tachikawa City to buy parts for electronics projects. Men would be squatting in front of a pile of old TV sets to extract the copper wire from them and to cut parts out to resell in the electronics stores. It was a clean and thriving business.
    Fast forward to today... There are very very few discrete components in electronics today that have any value. Recycling requires special techniques and methods to extract the valuable elements contained in them.
    I grew up poor and know poverty firsthand. These people have no choice but to work in these situations in order to subsist. Could Akbar use better techniques in his recycling efforts? Sure! But look at who is "choosing" to live this way. Akbar is. Recycling, good or bad, is a choice. There is no such thing as lack of opportunity.
    As far as blaming electronics companies for their part in this, consider this. In 1966 there were no recycling companies handling e-waste. Just a few people recycling copper. With the newer technologies, electronics companies have found ways to lessen the impact of the e-waste by making things smaller. Don't think so? When was the last time you sat down at a computer instead of your cellphone to send a text or email... or to watch this video?
    Copper costs a couple of bucks a pound these days. Back then it was only pennies. Everything is getting more expensive and unfortunately for the poor, their lives are getting cheaper because of this "revolution" in technology. We will all suffer for this.

    • @AP-wn3qu
      @AP-wn3qu 4 роки тому +1

      Too long .. didn’t read fully

    • @cnczone1
      @cnczone1 3 роки тому +1

      Good point 👍

  • @monkeypolicd
    @monkeypolicd 3 роки тому +4

    That's why yall need to stop buying latest phones or computers.

    • @kripto999
      @kripto999 3 роки тому

      Nah that's not the right way - we need solutions for better/healthier recycling the stuff

  • @2flyingbirds293
    @2flyingbirds293 3 роки тому +3

    2.32 goat is eating keyboard's key 😂😂

  • @bilalraja6745
    @bilalraja6745 5 років тому +9

    They can easily make a nuclear reactor to power up the city for years and years to come

    • @moizahmed9881
      @moizahmed9881 3 роки тому +1

      they are making it. it will be complete in 2021

    • @offroadspecialties7383
      @offroadspecialties7383 3 роки тому

      Or a pyrolysis reactor with a scrubber to clean up all the trash.

  • @chrismofer
    @chrismofer 5 років тому +2

    If these dudes spent a moment to wrap a shirt around their mouth for particulates, or install a fan with a duct running outside, they'd drastically improve their health. It seems like they're totally aware of the toxic nature of their work, I wish they'd wear gloves and at least some sort of particle trap over their mouths

    • @solveit7649
      @solveit7649 5 років тому

      he works outside when using flame gun

    • @chrismofer
      @chrismofer 5 років тому

      @@solveit7649 sure thing, Asif Alvi

  • @sayyidsahal4533
    @sayyidsahal4533 2 роки тому +1

    Toxic gas affects lungs, but
    toxic ass affects heart.
    They don't have that there.

  • @matangbentekwatrooras3279
    @matangbentekwatrooras3279 4 роки тому +10

    26:36 they have similarities with panda figure!..😂

  • @hostilesinbound3241
    @hostilesinbound3241 3 роки тому +3

    I find these people incredibly resourceful, I admire them. I just wish they had a better, more environmentally friendly way of harvesting the e-waste. The concept is a great idea as is all recycling, but it is so sad that it is at the expense of their health.

  • @AndroidGamePlayed
    @AndroidGamePlayed 6 років тому +10

    12:55 damn they have better swings than us!

    • @dennisescobar8266
      @dennisescobar8266 3 роки тому

      I know it's been w years but I was about to comment something similar because those swings are cool almost like a ferris wheel roller coaster

  • @handyjayes1
    @handyjayes1 4 роки тому +1

    I agree with those slating APPLE.
    They lie and refuse to repair easily repairable equipment, just to force the customer to discard their existing equipment and buy a new item. It's sick and they should be held accountable.

    • @AbrahamAlamzany
      @AbrahamAlamzany 4 роки тому

      Where I live, just about everybody does that. Just last week I took in a laptop/tablet hybrid and the tech guy said it couldn't be fixed despite the fact that it was only the battery that needed to be replaced and reconnecting the wires that eventually came loose as I was still using it in that condition. Took it to the mobile phone repair shop, where I was really getting my phone fixed but showed it to the tech guy there and he said that indeed it could be repaired. They do that with just about everything from household appliances to motor vehicles just to rip us off. Simple repairs aren't money makers, so they force us to buy new stuff.

  • @SoZ1646
    @SoZ1646 6 років тому +53

    I wonder why these companies can't or won't be sending all these products to Detroit or any other shit city here in the U.S. It seems to be a great way to keep people busy and have a job to do.

    • @User-nu6km
      @User-nu6km 5 років тому +3

      population control as well

    • @jaelynn7575
      @jaelynn7575 5 років тому +6

      Probably b/c they aren't worth anything here.

    • @askmagoo826
      @askmagoo826 5 років тому +1

      @@jaelynn7575 true, at best they earn 2 euros a day. How can you live by that.

    • @onametaquest
      @onametaquest 5 років тому +2

      Really, you think the entitled people here want to do this type of work... or even let that stuff back in after they got rid of it. Don't forget that iS our waste...

    • @datsunz152
      @datsunz152 5 років тому +2

      Loooool ever heard of osha

  • @travman1987
    @travman1987 7 років тому +9

    They burn all the masks and gloves for precious medals.

  • @mikem4432
    @mikem4432 5 років тому +2

    wonderful capitalist system, another example of what real capitalism looks like.

    • @kkknotcool
      @kkknotcool 5 років тому

      People who would be starving are now eating.
      Yeah.
      It's easy to say we should have zero pollutant, when you have food in your belly.

  • @MrJhonnyJackson
    @MrJhonnyJackson 4 роки тому +16

    Wrong translation: be careful when sorting the keyboards
    Right translation: separate the ps/2 keyboards
    Yet another way to paint a "primative" picture. It's all about being subtle and persistent

  • @hungbulldaddy
    @hungbulldaddy 8 років тому +28

    they get that stuff because one of their own has figured out that MONEY can be made from this junk that others have thrown away because of consumerism. It each individual's fault in this subject.

  • @freekingawwsome
    @freekingawwsome 3 роки тому +2

    The work that Nassir and others are doing it is an awesome job ,for I too have been recycling computer parts for years as well

  • @markmyjak7739
    @markmyjak7739 6 років тому +17

    They should be using the goats to chew up the plastic.

  • @andreiciobotaru7977
    @andreiciobotaru7977 5 років тому +5

    23:58 that poor child is sleeping on the floor

  • @connorcincinnati
    @connorcincinnati 4 роки тому +1

    Sadly, this is what happens when any country has nothing to offer and the population is growing out of control. Any human will do whatever to survive, even risk their lives and to hell with the environment. Until the population is equal to the opportunity the land offers, it will get much worse.

  • @MsJerkinbabe
    @MsJerkinbabe 7 років тому +15

    why do people always say that wealthy people or middle class people are greedy and corrupted? we work hard to have what we have and you expect us to give our money to them? My parents works their asses off to buy houses, cars etc while some people just take the government's money. it is their own government's fault. country like New Zealand, USA, England etc is rich and well because we got rules and regulations

    • @StuartOliver83
      @StuartOliver83 6 років тому

      Saskia Sadist agreed 👍🏻

    • @AmjadMiandad
      @AmjadMiandad 5 років тому +3

      who the hell is asking you to give money to them, none. I believe this whole documentary meant to keep all the e-shit in your own asses or manage this at your own wealthy or middle class countries instead of dumping or throwing to these poor countries so they could opt to alternate ways less harmful to them.

    • @fellovercliff4525
      @fellovercliff4525 5 років тому +1

      Oh shut up you spoiled little shit!

    • @centralstar7168
      @centralstar7168 5 років тому

      Ignorance at its finest. Smh it’s the same 1st world countries who do trash to other Lic countries but then point the finger at them

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 5 років тому

      The shit you fucking well-off people buy is made by these people! That's why America and England and New Zealand can have nice things is because they outsource their fucking products to near slave labor places like this! If every country stopped selling to America, we would be fucked. It's not American workers who are making your Gucci handbag your dad bought you, it's some child in India working 14-hour shifts so shut the fuck up you little ungrateful brat and thank these fucking hardworking people for giving you nearly everything you fucking own.

  • @MrBcraze513
    @MrBcraze513 3 роки тому +3

    0:33 Tokyo drift

  • @nancydrew1882
    @nancydrew1882 3 роки тому +1

    These companies can at least donate masks and gloves to these ppl. This is so disturbing!

  • @Pienterr
    @Pienterr 5 років тому +10

    6:47 everything was nicely stacked 😭

  • @hermes5456
    @hermes5456 3 роки тому +1

    People complaining about the environment and computer scrap while using a computer or a mobile computer too see this video, isn't that just beautifully ironic?

  • @Wodens-Wolf
    @Wodens-Wolf 3 роки тому +1

    Really? I thought Pakistan's poorest were all in Luton and London? And not so poor.

  • @foolish_carpenter3147
    @foolish_carpenter3147 8 років тому +4

    Jesus Christ it's like something out of a dystopian movie.
    Poor people digging around in piles of electronic trash.
    I can picture the future with the skies blacker and clunky robots along side the people.

    • @justcallmeassinine
      @justcallmeassinine 8 років тому +1

      I can imagine a future where deformities are the norm and people die off before age 20.

  • @craigharris9591
    @craigharris9591 5 років тому +3

    LOL this is the only place in the world where you will find a goat in a computer shop.. :)

  • @AnandarupMajumdar
    @AnandarupMajumdar 3 роки тому +1

    I was thinking of upgrading my PC. After this video I won't until it breaks down completely.

  • @blakris9382
    @blakris9382 7 років тому +8

    7:27 real life mad max movie

  • @livefree1030
    @livefree1030 5 років тому +1

    All this e-waste should be sent directly to San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Jose, Mountain View (My Birth Place), and Cupertino, Ca and let all the homeless, and Sanctuary Status persons deal with this trash. They reap the rewards in Financial wealth, they deal with the waste.

  • @PinkyTaDa
    @PinkyTaDa 5 років тому +6

    i think i saw my old pc in there

  • @HeavyProfessor
    @HeavyProfessor 5 років тому +31

    Not even on the same level as Ghana e-waste heaps

    • @SosaSal_
      @SosaSal_ 4 роки тому +7

      HeavyProfessor does it make it any better? No

    • @KamaldeepSingh7
      @KamaldeepSingh7 4 роки тому

      agbobgloshie...ghana

    • @N64Guy
      @N64Guy 3 роки тому +1

      Lol I haven’t seen that video in like 8 years

  • @Sanjay-ub7eq
    @Sanjay-ub7eq 2 роки тому +1

    this is why america needs to regulate their advertisements and consumer culture

    • @DetroitFettyghost
      @DetroitFettyghost 2 роки тому +1

      America, Canada, Mexico, South America, Britian etc etc etc ITS NOT JUST THE USA

  • @yangxiaolong8657
    @yangxiaolong8657 6 років тому +5

    The Chinese are smart, they sort the parts and sell them to western retro gamers on ali express for a 10000x markup. The Pakistani obviously aren't capable of sorting or removing parts without breaking them....

  • @Paul-gz5dp
    @Paul-gz5dp 5 років тому +4

    The electronics is only hazardous when people set fire to it. I have been working with these things all of my life, and it has caused me no harm at all. I wash my hands before eating after handling lead and other things. I don't get why these products are not available to more people so we can experiment with the stuff, and make what we want from it. Most of my equipment that was not bought new, is something that I bought parts for and repaired so I could make use of it. Also my computers have parts in them from things that are used. These things are not dangerous to people unless we are smoking them and taking a toke off the fumes.

    • @stonytina01will-not-be-ban78
      @stonytina01will-not-be-ban78 5 років тому +1

      Indeed!
      Those people also wipe their shitty arse with their bare hands and wash with just a tiny bit of water (no soap, let alone disinfecting soap), think they don't smear shit all over the place because they wipe with the left hand and eat with the right hand and then they are surprised they get infectious diseases such as cholera or dysentery.

    • @Paul-gz5dp
      @Paul-gz5dp 5 років тому

      @@stonytina01will-not-be-ban78 That is usually the left hand.

  • @jimmythepowerful
    @jimmythepowerful 3 роки тому

    Every second person in Pakistan lives of 1 dollar a day... but the country has nuclear weapons... LOL

  • @ATF.California
    @ATF.California 5 років тому +4

    My grandfather was in the ewaste business my father was too both died from lung cancer I am now in it they both made it to see 30 years old I'm 20 so i still have a good 10 more years ⚰

  • @viratchhikara992
    @viratchhikara992 7 років тому +9

    *INDIANS HEAR PAKISTAN, INDIANS JUMPS IN*

    • @Fahad-jf8pz
      @Fahad-jf8pz 3 роки тому

      they dont mind their own buisness

  • @dj8442able
    @dj8442able 5 років тому

    Americans and European dumpling their waste into developing countries and these people are are getting sick. They are enjoying a lavish lifestyle and left these world in severe problems.

  • @mutee333
    @mutee333 5 років тому +4

    Detailed look at the state of E-waste problem, however the environmental and health impact should have been shown more clearly, with more stats/data/research to make for a more convincing argument.

  • @subhendudutta5720
    @subhendudutta5720 4 роки тому +1

    The young guy is so caring .his parents r lucky.

  • @tumbox9204
    @tumbox9204 5 років тому +11

    People in the comment section. Please be happy and appreciate that you were born in an environment that prevented you from living in extreme poverty. Others have not been so lucky.

    • @zenko247
      @zenko247 5 років тому +1

      But you get People trying to change it so all countries become the shithole that they left in the first place

    • @mephInc
      @mephInc 5 років тому +1

      Even if I was poor, I would know better than to shit where I sleep.

    • @tumbox9204
      @tumbox9204 5 років тому

      @@mephInc But you are not. Stop pretending you can relate to extreme poverty.

    • @stonytina01will-not-be-ban78
      @stonytina01will-not-be-ban78 5 років тому

      Indeed! Be happy and appreciate the good life we have. But that doesn't mean we need to chastise ourselves with "white guilt".
      Too bad there are too many bleeding heart morons who think we need to import the Turd World because of reasons. That will only end with the entire globe becoming a shithole.
      Import the Turd World, become the Turd World.
      I see no reason to feel guilty because I was born with slightly better chances in life than someone else. That's the attitude of people who, deep down inside, are jealous of others who were born with better chances than they.
      Nor do I see any reason to care about people who revere a child-raping mass-murderer as "the perfect man" of "exemplary behaviour". Or, as I call them: scumlims.
      As far as I'm concerned they all die a slow and agonizing death as well as anyone that takes their side.

    • @tumbox9204
      @tumbox9204 5 років тому

      @@stonytina01will-not-be-ban78 Way to go off topic. White guilt? Importing the turd world? All I said is enjoy what you have. Its not only white people that have money. There are millionaires everywhere Middle east, Africa, Americas and Asia

  • @MIKEDIAMONDZ
    @MIKEDIAMONDZ 3 роки тому +1

    Let them clean the waist, thry are protected by Allah ...Allah knows best !

  • @YogiG209
    @YogiG209 6 років тому +5

    Another reason why we are blessed to not live in these counties. God bless America

  • @balargus319
    @balargus319 2 роки тому +1

    2:35 meanwhile there is a goat that is sitting there happily.

  • @soniq080808
    @soniq080808 7 років тому +22

    the subtitles aren't accurate.. making it sound worse than what they are actually saying lol

    • @ahmedtalpur6371
      @ahmedtalpur6371 6 років тому +1

      soniq080808 hahaha true

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 6 років тому

      Ahmed Talpur I don't understand what they are saying.

    • @moafhar8185
      @moafhar8185 6 років тому +1

      Lol true that

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg 5 років тому

    This is how the world goes round...Wholesale to retail...Capitalism at it's finest!

  • @ArthurMoore-ii8nn
    @ArthurMoore-ii8nn 5 років тому +15

    Really, what's the point of human reproduction to just "live" like this and pollute the world?
    Like bacteria in a lab dish reproducing endlessly until it's own waste kills them all. Sad.

    • @claypotts2334
      @claypotts2334 5 років тому +3

      what is the point of human reproduction

    • @VriendP1
      @VriendP1 5 років тому +3

      @@claypotts2334I was wondering that myself. Limiting birthrates is our only option. Well... short of world war 3.

    • @claypotts2334
      @claypotts2334 5 років тому +1

      @@VriendP1 this is the discussion we should be having

    • @foochs
      @foochs 5 років тому

      We could always just turn everyone gay :thinking:

    • @ayne222
      @ayne222 5 років тому

      Humanity is that bacteria in a lab dish...

  • @ssss-df5qz
    @ssss-df5qz 3 роки тому +1

    These people need to stop selfishly having kids.

  • @Bear-nu8xm
    @Bear-nu8xm 5 років тому +4

    Thank you Lord for allowing me to be born in the West!

  • @OlivierLopezCh
    @OlivierLopezCh 5 років тому +6

    17:32 who would throw away that PSX :(

  • @andrewbellinger6120
    @andrewbellinger6120 5 років тому +4

    0:30 a very stale donut

  • @DetroitFettyghost
    @DetroitFettyghost 2 роки тому

    Wow. Guys 21 looks older than me I'm 40 and been shooting heroin 21 years. These jobs are death sentence. So sad. Good luck Ahkbar I wish you health brother!

  • @presssecretaryalexjones969
    @presssecretaryalexjones969 7 років тому +16

    Okay I'm usually really good at understanding people with accents but wtf 5:07

  • @JohnMelland
    @JohnMelland 3 роки тому

    Toxic waste has been dumped on Native American Reservations, yet it's unknown who and how they had permission.. It's sickening!!!!!!

  • @JamesPrime1
    @JamesPrime1 5 років тому +5

    After watching this, I appreciate my job much, much more now. As well as my life.

    • @dailytips5061
      @dailytips5061 5 років тому

      Good for you ,God bless you

    • @dailytips5061
      @dailytips5061 5 років тому

      Earlier or later it would affect you in whatever country you are in

  • @powerkill2002
    @powerkill2002 6 років тому +6

    This is why the world needs a 90-95% human cull.

    • @alanjeff505
      @alanjeff505 5 років тому +2

      And you assume that the elite don't consider you as part of the disposable 'herd'

    • @jaelynn7575
      @jaelynn7575 5 років тому +1

      NO, we just need to slow the birth rate drastically. In the US, people have kept the population lower b/c of use of birth control and abortions. If other nations are going to keep having so many people, and not enforce a "one child per person" law, then things will only get worse for them. I do NOT want the US population to increase just b/c other nations can't keep their population in check. We are already overpopulated by 2 billion. I'm not talking about food production, I'm talking about the health and sanity of humans.

    • @Klistern2
      @Klistern2 5 років тому

      @@jaelynn7575 Slow the birth rate? That worked well for China didn't it lol... Now they have a huge problem with an ageing society.

  • @horaciocastillo1435
    @horaciocastillo1435 5 років тому

    No one mention the root of the problem. Overpopulation is destroying mother earth. Mainly in the poorest countries.

  • @rickstevens7292
    @rickstevens7292 4 роки тому +8

    interesting how the guilty environmentalists come in and say "oh this all has to change"...they don't live there, they don't have any idea of what it's like.

    • @LaFonteCheVi
      @LaFonteCheVi 4 роки тому +3

      As if that matters at all. It DOES have to change. It isn't mutually exclusive.

    • @mickeyamf
      @mickeyamf 4 роки тому

      Rick steves

  • @guy-tn2ud
    @guy-tn2ud 5 років тому +1

    Killing the poorest??? 2:50... He is a success story, and employs the poorest,of the poor. AND, he is actually cleaning up the environment by recycling. Now he or someone might expand on the idea, and open a cheap computer repair service. Import and export repairs... Capitalism!

    • @guy-tn2ud
      @guy-tn2ud 5 років тому +1

      How about some actual medical studies to support the claims in this video! I don't deny the toxicity, but everyone living in poverty is sick because they live in filthy conditions with unclean water and no fresh food. We can take people living in pristine Himalayan mountains with similar rates of disease and infection. THEY ARE POOR AND UNEDUCATED! Show causality to the industry they are blaming.

  • @pam4840
    @pam4840 5 років тому

    Guys! I work for a hardware sales company and what i have experienced is that the greed of these multinational computer and printer companies is responsible for this. Customers are always willing to repair a faulty printer or computer. But these OEM keep the spare prices so high that many a time the customer is forced to buy new and discard the old which is contributing to this mess. Shame on u multinationals your greed is killing everyone. I would love to create awareness and would like fellow like-minded guys to start talking about this. I would like vice o delve deep into this scam.

  • @Tom-xy9gb
    @Tom-xy9gb 6 років тому +5

    2:33 that Goat 🐐 tho

  • @kollak01
    @kollak01 6 років тому +4

    10:32 i prefer my cricuit board medium well please.

  • @flyingdog1498
    @flyingdog1498 5 років тому

    100,000 people live there and not one of them picks up a single piece of trash. They lay on their asses and want someone else to do it for them.

  • @TracksideViews
    @TracksideViews 5 років тому +3

    India’s scammer epicenter

  • @patsaultz721
    @patsaultz721 8 років тому +4

    I why don't our social justice warriors go over there and clean that shit hole ? ....pphhhsssss! ....

  • @texasray5237
    @texasray5237 5 років тому

    It's pretty unrealistic to talk about repairing old computers. The technology advances so quickly that the old computers lose their value even if they work perfectly. The best solution would be clean and efficient recycling.

  • @ticnatz
    @ticnatz 8 років тому +12

    How sad. Sadly, the very real problem is that there are far too many people on this planet. The earth needs to rid itself of at least 1/3rd of the human population. And I say this knowing full well that I might be part of that 1/3rd. To quote George, "We are an evolutionary cul-de-sac."

    • @JouniKyyronen-nv1ep
      @JouniKyyronen-nv1ep 6 років тому

      Fleck Smugbrother soon 10 billion living like americans

    • @htoodoh5770
      @htoodoh5770 6 років тому +1

      Fleck Smugbrother Well, sorry to say but your method is ineffective.

    • @cwspod
      @cwspod 6 років тому

      Lol

    • @andrewosei328
      @andrewosei328 6 років тому

      Do us the honors

    • @chrisharris4400
      @chrisharris4400 5 років тому

      Mother Nature/God will reduce the population as we go along. Give it a few generations. It won't be pretty, and "God" will have not mercy as he/she smites your ass.

  • @AramJoseph
    @AramJoseph 4 роки тому +1

    Great documentary on what we are doing to impoverished countries with out waste products!
    I own a recycling center where I do my best to recycle and refurbish electronics so that they do not end up in landfills.
    I make videos on my recycling process and would greatly appreciate all the support I could get!

  • @wranglercjseven69
    @wranglercjseven69 5 років тому +5

    i hope he didint pay the doctor much for some commen sense

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 5 років тому +2

      I hope you didn't pay the doctor much for some spelling.

    • @w19ely85
      @w19ely85 5 років тому

      The irony, what fully grown man doesn't know how to spell common?

  • @umairansari6426
    @umairansari6426 5 років тому

    Pakistani government should seriously think about the environmental protection .

  • @FazalFariz
    @FazalFariz 5 років тому +4

    2:33 l😆❤️

  • @chritopherherrera2349
    @chritopherherrera2349 5 років тому +4

    Does anyone know what became of khan. The older brother who had the lung issues. May God bless and help them.

    • @sharathkumar4774
      @sharathkumar4774 5 років тому +3

      He went to hevan

    • @KUzZ911
      @KUzZ911 5 років тому +1

      Ameen

    • @MrLiquidxIce
      @MrLiquidxIce 5 років тому

      he went for a check and the doctor gave him some advice no future test where conducted. Then he returned back home.

    • @chritopherherrera2349
      @chritopherherrera2349 5 років тому

      @@stonytina01will-not-be-ban78 ,You are so stupid and a coward. You are fake and irrelevant. You hide behind a keyboard to talk shit. But I bet you wont ever say that in person.

  • @rhondamichelle1787
    @rhondamichelle1787 5 років тому +1

    Guess all that waste doesnt affect the reproductive organs.