When Americans no longer want a car, laptop, or clothes, where do some of those goods go? Most end up in the Global South, where millions of people depend on repairing, dismantling, or selling them for a livelihood. Environmental groups say this is a toxic trifecta of waste that inflicts damage to land, coastlines, and health. In this reporting project, journalist Fred de Sam Lazaro visits the epicenter of the toxic trifecta in Accra, Ghana.

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