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There is a downside to technologies such as electronic or e-waste.
科技也有不好的一面，例如電子廢料。

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Thousands of tons of obsolete computers and electronic appliances are piling up in cities around India.
數千噸重的廢棄電腦和電子用品堆積在印度各大城市中。

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Andrew Stevens looks at what's being done in the country's hi-tech hub, Bangalore, 
安德魯‧史蒂芬斯要帶我們前往印度的高科技重鎮邦加羅爾，

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to deal with potentially serious health and environmental dangers.
看看他們是如何處理這些對健康和環境具有嚴重潛在危險的廢料。

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A low-tech end for a high-tech product.
這裡是個以土法煉鋼方式處理高科技產品的場所。

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In a warehouse in Bangalore, these women break down obsolete computers.
這些婦女在邦加羅爾的一座倉庫中拆解廢棄的電腦。

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This operation follows local government safety regulations, 
這項作業遵循當地政府的安全規定進行，

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but, for the vast majority of people who recycle electronic waste in India, it's a dirty and dangerous business.
但是對於印度回收電子廢料的廣大人口而言，這是一門不討好且危險的行業。

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Greenpeace has targeted electronic waste as one of India's biggest environmental issues.
綠色和平組織將電子廢料鎖定為印度最大的環境問題之一，

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It's not just Bangalore.
而且不止是在邦加羅爾而已。

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This video, Greenpeace says it shot recently, shows piles of e-waste in the capital, New Delhi --
在這支綠色和平組織宣稱在近期拍攝的錄影帶中，成堆的電子廢料就出現在首都新德里。

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they produce toxic smoke and leak poisons and heavy metals into the ground -- and workers with no safety equipment.
這些廢料會產生有毒氣體，並將有毒物質及重金屬滲漏至地表下，工人們則並未穿戴安全裝備。

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Thousands of tons of IT-related e-waste are produced in India every year.
印度每年產生的電子相關廢料達數千公噸。

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Thousands of tons more are coming in, being dumped in India, say Greenpeace.
綠色和平指出，還有數千公噸的廢料湧入並棄置在印度。

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Most of it is broken down and resold. And this is the most valuable part of the computer, the motherboard,
絕大部分廢料會在分解後轉售，這部分是電腦最寶貴的零組件，也就是主機板，

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and it's pretty easy to see why: gold or gold plating.
其原因不難理解：上面有黃金，或是說鍍金。

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But extracting the gold from these motherboards is also the most dangerous part of the entire process.
但要將黃金從這些主機板上萃取出來也是整個處理過程中最危險的部分。

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Computer components including motherboards are sold at markets like this Sunday bazaar in Bangalore.
包括主機板在內的電腦零件會在像這樣位於邦加羅爾的週日市集中販售，

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The buyers [are] often the next link in the recycling chain -- 
買主通常是整個回收鏈中的下一個環節，

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small family operators whose livelihood is extracting the valuable metals.
也就是小規模的家庭工廠，他們就靠萃取貴重金屬維持生計。

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But it's a crude process, 
但這是一道粗糙的程序。

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circuit boards are boiled or cooked using highly toxic chemicals, including sulfuric and nitric acid and cyanide.
他們用包括硫化物、硝酸和氰化物在內的高毒性化學物質將電路板煮沸。

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As yet, there's no clear national policy on e-waste.
迄今印度並未針對電子廢料制訂明確的政策。

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At the state level, officials can see that's a problem they are looking at. Small steps are being taken.
政府官員知道眼前所見是個問題。有些小小的進展已經在進行。

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In Bangalore, entrepreneur P. Pataserati has got a license to begin a legitimate e-waste operation.
在邦加羅爾，企業家帕塔塞拉提取得了一張處理電子廢料的合法執照。

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It's small-scale, using basic tools and equipment.
這是家小規模的工廠，使用的是基本的工具和設備。

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Circuit boards are pulverized and metals are extracted from the powder in a sealed environment.
電路板被碎成粉末狀，並在一個密閉環境下將金屬從粉末中萃取出來，

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All waste products go to secure landfill areas. But this operation processes just 700 tons of waste a year.
或將廢料運往安全的地點掩埋。但是這樣的作業方式一年只能處理七百噸的廢料。

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Bangalore alone generates about 6,000 tons a year.
單單邦加羅爾一年產生的電子廢料便高達六千噸。

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It's the flip side of the IT revolution, and for India, it's become an environmental problem that grows bigger each day.
這是電腦科技革命的負面問題，對印度而言則是一個日益嚴重的環境問題。