The basic highlight of the report shows how in the U.S., even when you think you are recycling electronics properly, there’s a chance it’s getting shipped to Hong Kong and just dumped into a wasteland. What’s even worse is the city it’s dumped in, the people are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals which cause some pretty severe health issues.

The story (which seems award winning worthy) exposes an underground operation thats linked to a so-called recycle facility in Colorado. In my opinion — the part of the story that is like a sucker punch to the gut, is the fact people who pay or drive to e-waste facilities may not actually be helping the enviornment at all. Totally sucks.

The 12-minute story is worth watching all the way through, I’ve embedded it below or you can watch it on the 60-minutes website.