Turn toxic e-waste into a source of ‘decent work’, UN labour agency urges

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A “toxic flood of electric and electronic waste” that is growing by the day across the world, should be urgently converted into a source of decent work, that can also protect populations from its harmful effects, the United Nations labour agency said on Wednesday.

Turn toxic e-waste into a source of ‘decent work’, UN labour agency urges
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