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$60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets(www.motherjones.com)

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"Anwar’s job, scrounging for discarded electronics in [Nigerian] Ikeja Computer Village, one of the world’s biggest and most hectic marketplaces for used, repaired, and refurbished electronic products… "

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This is very true. I cleaned up an old Game Boy I hadn’t played in decades, and sold it on eBay for $60 billion.

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