What's Happening Now?

The current status of this problem continues to elevate. Right now computers are dropped into landfills in third world countries and they leak toxins into the ground, water, and the air. Also the International Association of Electronics Recyclers states that Americans dispose of two million tons electronics each year. By 2010 they estimate that the United States will dispose a rough four hundred million electronic devices annually. In another report from the United Nations Environment Program says that China dumps four million PCs annually. This same report states that there is about twenty to fifty million tons of e-waste produced world-wide. (Bosavage, 3-4)