A feature of modern society is the dramatic increase in the use of electrical and electronic equipment. Everyone [in families, schools, small and large businesses, government delegations] uses the electrical and electronic devices replacing because the new standards have been small improvements over earlier. So each year an increasing amount of electrical and electronic waste.
One example is the four one million phones sold the previous Christmas [3] (BBC 8 June, 2004) in England, which means that four million probably no longer used. Teenagers get a new phone every 11 months, adults every 18 months. A total of 15 one million mikrotilefona replaced every year. Estimated that each year produce more than 20 million tons of electronic waste in the world, volume corresponding to 4% of total waste. The same size for Greece exceed 200 thousand tons. The production rate of electronic waste is increasing rapidly year after year, surpassing the 3% ..

The following diagram [4] shows that the electronic quantities from 1997 onwards either recycled or stored or exported to developing countries

According to the report [5] of the American Security Council, in 2004 only in the U.S. there are more than 35.000.000 «outdated» computers. Even according to the manufacturers of consumer electronics, the only worldwide sales for 2002 exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars, representing an immense amount of technology which will soon become the order of «outdated» therefore understand the magnitude and severity the problem that man faces. However, the U.S., the largest producer and consumer electronics world so far have not taken any steps to reduce environmental impact.

It is telling that the last five years the global production of computers and related equipment rose sharply, and the life cycle of a machine has fallen significantly, ranging on average in 2-3 years (compared to 5-7 at the beginning of last decade). This means that after three years or so, the existing computer becomes "old" These developments (shortening life appliances, dramatic increase of electronic waste) "found" unprepared the world community, just the last three years began organized efforts to address the problem. The people on the other hand is completely unaware of the huge environmental disaster in progress.