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Electronic waste export to Nigeria.

Electronic waste export to Nigeria..Ouside the the Tin Can Port, one of two major porst in Lagos. A constant flow of container traffic going in and out of the terminal over very bumby roads.The container with the TV came from the UK through Tin Can Port in Lagos to the Alaba International Market in Lagos. ..The shipment - TV-set originally delivered to municipality-run collecting point in UK for discarded electronic products - was tracked and monitored by Greenpeace using a combination of GPS (Global Positioning System using satellites), GSM (positioning using data from mobile networks to triangulate approximate positions) and an onboard radiofrequency transmitter (used for making triangulations in combination with handheld directional receivers used by team on ground) is placed inside the TV-set. The TV arrived in Lagos in container no 4629416...

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TV chase in Lagos - Britian's export of e-waste.
Electronic waste export to Nigeria..Ouside the the Tin Can Port, one of two major porst in Lagos. A constant flow of container traffic going in and out of the terminal over very bumby roads.The container with the TV came from the UK through Tin Can Port in Lagos to the Alaba International Market in Lagos. ..The shipment - TV-set originally delivered to municipality-run collecting point in UK for discarded electronic products - was tracked and monitored by Greenpeace using a combination of GPS (Global Positioning System using satellites), GSM (positioning using data from mobile networks to triangulate approximate positions) and an onboard radiofrequency transmitter (used for making triangulations in combination with handheld directional receivers used by team on ground) is placed inside the TV-set. The TV arrived in Lagos in container no 4629416...