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A Week in a Toxic Waste Dump

The Insider: Reggie Yates Series 2
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Documentary in which Reggie Yates heads to Ghana to live on one of the largest electronic waste dumps in the world - Accra's Agbogbloshie.

Documentary in which Reggie Yates heads to Ghana to live on one of the largest electronic waste dumps in the world - Accra's Agbogbloshie. Working with a group of 'burner boys', the people grafting at what is considered to be the bottom of the ladder, Reggie discovers first-hand what life is like for the people who eke out a living on the site. Dumping electronic waste is illegal, and the chemicals in the soil in Agbogbloshie mean it has been described as 'the most toxic place on earth'.

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53 minutes

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Tue 11 Mar 2025 21:00
BBC Three

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Credits

Presenter Reggie Yates
Director Samuel Wilkinson
Executive Producer Colleen Flynn
Executive Producer Morgan Roberts
Production Company Flicker Productions

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 Sep 2017 22:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Tue 26 Sep 2017 23:15
    BBC One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Tue 26 Sep 2017 23:45
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
  • Tue 2 Jul 2019 23:30
    BBC One East Midlands, Oxfordshire, South, Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Tue 2 Jul 2019 23:50
    BBC One except East Midlands, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Oxfordshire & South
  • Tue 11 Mar 2025 21:00
    BBC Three

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