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Noor’s hands, covered in deep scars, spoke to the 15 years she spent separating copper wires from transmitters and crushing circuit boards. When I visited her workspace, the walls were smoked black from the fire she used both to see her work and keep warm.

Noor made 50 cents for picking through 10 kilograms of e-waste, which can take eight hours. She pays $120 a month to rent a flat next door for her family of five. Her son, 15, works at another trader’s warehouse in the next alley.