phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is thingsjust don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because our devices contain potentially toxic chemicals. well, michael kaloki has been looking at how one company is trying to combat this in kenya. this is dandora. this community on the outskirts of nairobi is home to one of the largest dump sites, not only in kenya but east africa. although it was declared full 20 years ago, over 800 tonnes of garbage is still dumped on this sprawling 30 acre site every day. and in recent years, an increasing proportion of this is e waste. men, women and even children scour the stacks of waste for discarded electronics, breaking them apart for their motherboards, batteries, wi
this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. if we do not, we will go hungry. we re also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i ll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul s dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered where your old laptops, phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is things just don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because
this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. if we do not, we will go hungry. we re also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i ll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul s dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered where your old laptops, phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is things just don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because
hill. senator josh hawley got mark zuckerberg to apologize to families victimized by social media. take a look at this. going through the things your families have suffered, this is why eight we invested so much. we have efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer. senator hawley will join us in a few moments. also iran is warning it will retaliate after joe biden says he has already decided what his response will be to the weekend deadly strikes. what is appeasement joe big plan? more and that with lindsey graham. the white house announced that joe will finally make a trip to east palestine, ohio, almost a year after the toxic train derailment. the mayor of the town is asking what is the point? he will join us later. bite and s border crisis is causing chaos across the entire country including in the heart of new york city s times square where a mob of illegal immigrants were caught in a very disturbing video. look at
i let him get facebook because he wanted to buy a snowmobile on marketplace. and little did i know that a criminal from across the world could contact him. david was just your typical 16-year-old boy. his life was abruptly cut short after months of relentless cyber bullying. we know if not for social media our children would be here. sandra: chilling cries for help there, parents speaking out in droves about the dangers of social media that led to the deaths of their children. and now there are calls for action at the forefront of today s senate hearing where some of the industry s most powerful tech executives are testifying and it has been moving, every minute of it, to hear, john, along the way. sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. this is america reports . sandra, every parents nightmare, no question about that. as the tech titans entered the room, a powerful display of parents seen standing behind them holding up photos of their loved o