Synopsis
Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Ghana they mine gold and discover the terrible impact of e-waste.
- Programme: Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
- Episode: Gold and E-waste
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence | Globalisation and global trade | Impact of global trade
Licence: ERA Licence required
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