Illegal Ecologies: From Irregular Mining to the Dumping of E-waste
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Illegal Ecologies : From Irregular Mining to the Dumping of E-waste. / Vigh, Henrik.
I: Commodity Frontiers Journal, Bind 4, Nr. Fall, 2022, s. 29-35.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Illegal Ecologies
T2 - From Irregular Mining to the Dumping of E-waste
AU - Vigh, Henrik
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article focusses on an inter-disciplinary and mixed-methods study of the criticalcircuit of minerals from irregular mines to e-waste dumps in Ghana. The move towards greenenergy and climate smart solutions has resulted in an increasing global demand for the mineralsneeded for low-carbon technology. This surge has caused a boom in irregular mining activities andtrade in the Global South as the needed resources are moved north for inclusion in electroniccomponents and products. Ironically, when depleted, these items often end up back in the sameregion as where the resources used to produce them were extracted. Shipped and traded as second-hand products they a
AB - This article focusses on an inter-disciplinary and mixed-methods study of the criticalcircuit of minerals from irregular mines to e-waste dumps in Ghana. The move towards greenenergy and climate smart solutions has resulted in an increasing global demand for the mineralsneeded for low-carbon technology. This surge has caused a boom in irregular mining activities andtrade in the Global South as the needed resources are moved north for inclusion in electroniccomponents and products. Ironically, when depleted, these items often end up back in the sameregion as where the resources used to produce them were extracted. Shipped and traded as second-hand products they a
U2 - 10.26300/h0w8-az42
DO - 10.26300/h0w8-az42
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 29
EP - 35
JO - Commodity Frontiers Journal
JF - Commodity Frontiers Journal
IS - Fall
ER -
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