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Cell phone 'Tower of Babel' highlights China e-waste problem

The phones were rigged to a metal frame and synchronised so their screens would flash in various colours. [AFP]

A Chinese artist on Saturday unveiled a sculpture made of discarded mobile phones and shaped like a cell tower in a bid to highlight the problem of electronic waste.

The phones were rigged to a metal frame and synchronised so their screens would flash in various colours.

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