Electronics makers are lucky that WALL-E units are cleaning Africa's coasts of discarded products.
African children are being exposed to hazardous chemicals in the discarded electronics products of first world countries, Greenpeace warned.
Luckily, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth) units are on the job. But if those cute little rascals ever stop working, Africans could find themselves in danger.
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