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Introduction
Guiyu, in Guangdong Province, China, is made up of four small villages. It is the location of what may be the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site on earth. In 2005 there were 60,000 e-waste workers in Guiyu who processed the more than 100 truckloads that were transported to the 52 square kilometre area every day. Guiyu was once a rice village, the pollution has made Guiyu unable to produce crops for food and the water of the river is undrinkable.

The size and nature of the problem in Guiyu
American's throw away more than 350,000 mobile phones and 130,000 computers every single day. With Guiyu being the biggest dump in the world most of these phones and computers would end up in Guiyu. But also, "Half of the e-waste currently being processed in China is generated in China". So its not just the us contributing to the problem it is the whole world.

The specific hazards that take place in Guiyu
"All these operations and the toxic fumes they produce have dangerous effects on the land, and most of all, on people." . The people of Guiyu need some help cleaning up the mess. Also, the soil in Guiyu has been found to be so saturated with heavy metals such as lead, chromium and tin that groundwater has become undrinkable. According to China's Shantou University, the town has the highest level of cancer-causing dioxins in the world, and local children suffer from an extremely high rate of lead poisoning. A new trend is starting to appear the disposal of new and unused electronics is aggravating the problem even further.

What needs to be done to fix Guiyu
Obviously some of the waste needs to go. But there are many methods to this approach, you could outsource it or upgrade facilities to be able to accommodate the waste. The chinese government already has an import on e-waste but some of the waste is imported illegally but most of comes domestically now so it is starting to turn into an internal problem within China. It will take different legislation that stops domestic waste to end the e-waste crisis in Guiyu.