Global e-waste generation is growing by about 40 million tons a year.
Manufacturing mobile phones and personal computers consumes 3 per cent of the gold and silver mined worldwide each year, 13 per cent of the palladium, and 15 per cent of cobalt.
Modern electronics contain up to 60 different elements–many valuable, some hazardous, and some both.
In the U.S., more than 150 million mobile phones and pagers were sold in 2008, up from 90 million five years before.
Globally, more than 1 billion mobile phones were sold in 2007, up from 896 million in 2006.
Countries like Senegal and Uganda can expect e-waste flows from PCs alone to increase 4 to 8-fold by 2020.
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