Canadians got rid of an estimated 34,000 tons of information technology waste in 1999, according to an Environment Canada survey in 2000. Over the next five years, this amount is projected to double to approximately 67,000 tons. Betts said the United States has forecast that in the next three to four years some 500 million computers could end up as garbage. In contrast, Canada would generate about 10 percent of that, or 50 million junked computers.
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