joseph kogo has a big job to do. he's making a mould out of sand.hen he'll melt down an old engine to pour into it to make a cooking pot. it takes time for the aluminum to melt. joseph kogo is happy with his work here. joseph: i can get the goods here any time i need them. if i see what i want i just run out and buy it, and get to work. that makes the work very easy for me here. reporter: a short time later, the pot is done. after deducting the cost of the material and rent for the workshop, joseph earns around 20 ghanainan cedis for his medium-sized pot, the equivalent of three euros 50. he can afford to pay two employees. he's doing a thriving business, as are many others here. the scrap yard operates much like an anthill. everyone has a job to dodond they all work hard. anything that can be reused is repaired. agrika ijezie, who came from nigeria, specializes in laptops and performs wonders with them. starting a business like this back home would have been too expensive. agrika: in africa, we use things. we don't use things like europeans do. in

joseph kogo is happy with his work here. kogo says he can get his material supplies any time he needs them. when he's sold out he just goes out to get whatever goods he needs to start work again. he says that makes his work very easy for him. to short time later the potters don't have to deducting the cost of the material and rent for the workshop joseph earns around twenty gunnin c.d.'s for this medium sized pot the equivalent of three euros fifty he can afford to pay two employees. he's doing a thriving business as many others are you know. the waste dump operates much like an ounce nest everyone has a job to do and they all work card anything that can be reused is repaired or greek it jeezy who came from nigeria specializes in laptops and works wonders with them starting a business like this back home would have been too expensive. jersey says africans use things as long as possible where in europe they're thrown out quickly and he says when things finally break down and die in africa they get brought back to life again h