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An electronics waste handling facility called Seoul Resource Center in the northeast of the Seoul. Eco City
wsj.com - by Steven Borowiec - July 25, 2013
South Koreans are among the world’s most frequent phone upgraders, buying about 15 million new mobile phones each year
To tackle the issue of electronics waste, or e-waste, the Seoul city government is employing the elderly and low-income to breakdown and process parts with a program called Eco City.
“Our country lacks natural resources. We started this center after we realized that a lot of the kinds of things we need, like metals, were already in the country but were being thrown out,” Eco City Chief Executive Lee Dong-hyun said.
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