The world's largest electronic-waste dump looks like a post-apocalyptic nightmare

REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

The Chinese city of Guiyu, in Guangdong province, is famous for one reason: It is the world's largest dumping ground for electronic waste.

The city, with a population of 150,000, receives some 15,000 metric tons of waste every day.

In addition to devastating effects on the environment, the massive quantities of electronic waste are harmful to the residents of Guiyu, most of whom work in the recycling industry.

Many of the workers toil away in poorly ventilated workshops with little or no protective gear, according to Reuters. And children who live there have "abnormally high levels of lead in their blood," a research from Southern China's Shantou University found, Reuters reported.

Reuters photographer Tyrone Siu recently visited the city to document how its residents lived. Keep scrolling to see what life is like in the world's largest e-waste dump.