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China's toxic e-waste capital is cleaning up its act

5 Photos Michael Kan (IDG News Service)

Guiyu, sometimes called the world's most poisonous town, is trying to clean itself up

  • Rice fields outside of Guiyu.

  • A sign in Guiyu advocated for "low-carbon" economic development.

  • Workers disassembling thousands of feature phones in Guiyu.

  • Stacks of recycled monitors pile up in Guiyu.

  • A pile of recycled printed circuit boards in the Chinese town of Guiyu.

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