Olivier Asselin photography

GHANA E-WASTE

A girl who sells sachets of drinking water waits while boys burn cables from electronics to recover copper near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008. While girls aren't directly involved in the business, they sell boys the water they use to cool off hot copper wires before handling them.

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A girl who sells sachets of drinking water waits while boys burn cables from electronics to recover copper near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008. While girls aren't directly involved in the business, they sell boys the water they use to cool off hot copper wires before handling them.