AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Millions of tons of disused electronic equipment containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals are being dumped every year without recycling or safe disposal, Greenpeace said in a report released Thursday.

More than 80 percent of televisions, computers, mobile phones and other equipment escape proper handling in the United States, and about 75 percent in the European Union, the environmental group said.

In India, 99 percent of such "e-waste" is mishandled, it said.

"The introduction of appropriate reuse, recycling and recovery technologies is not keeping pace" with growing sales, said the report, entitled "Toxic Tech: Not in My Back Yard."

More than 1 billion mobile phones were sold last year alone. A mobile phone contains 500 to 1,000 components, many of them containing potentially dangerous metals like lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium, as well as hazardous chemical flame retardants. more http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080221/netherlands_toxic_waste.html?.v=1

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