Workers dismantle old computers and electronics at E-Parisara, an electronic waste recycling factory in Dobbspet, 45 kilometers from Bangalore, India. India's growing digital economy has contributed to the amount of e-waste it generates. According to the Karnataka, a state pollution control board, more then 10 tones of electronic waste is produced in Bangalore alone every year and about 80 per cent of e-waste generated in the US is exported to India, China and Pakistan to be recycled. [Photo credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images]
 

Workers dismantle old computers and electronics at E-Parisara, an electronic waste recycling factory in Dobbspet, 45 kilometers from Bangalore, India. India's growing digital economy has contributed to the amount of e-waste it generates. According to the Karnataka, a state pollution control board, more then 10 tones of electronic waste is produced in Bangalore alone every year and about 80 per cent of e-waste generated in the US is exported to India, China and Pakistan to be recycled. [Photo credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images]

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