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=The e-waste problem =

> > > > > > The amount of electronic products discarded globally has skyrocketed recently, with 20-50 million tonnes generated every year. If such a huge figure is hard to imagine, think of it like this - if the estimated amount of e-waste generated every year would be put into containers on a train it would go once around the world! >
 * The average lifespan of computers in developed countries has dropped from six years in 1997 to just two years in 2005.
 * Mobile phones have a lifecycle of less than two years in developed countries.
 * 183 million computers were sold worldwide in 2004 - 11.6 percent more than in 2003.
 * 674 million mobile phones were sold worldwide in 2004 - 30 percent more than in 2003.
 * By 2010, there will be 716 million new computers in use. Therewill be 178 million new computer users in China, 80 million new usersin India.