• More than 140 000 tonnes of computer equipment, phones, televisions, stereos, and small home appliances accumulate in Canadian landfills each year. That's equivalent to the weight of about 28 000 adult African elephants or enough uncrushed electronic waste to fill up the Toronto Skydome every 15 years.
  
  
• An estimated 4 750 tonnes of lead is contained in personal computers and televisions disposed each year in Canada.
  
  
• Exposure to high levels of lead, cadmium and mercury in the environment has been linked to adverse effects on human health and wildlife. This includes subtle neurobehavioural effects from lead, chronic kidney damage from cadmium, and sensory or neurological impairments from mercury.
  
  
• Electronics contain valuable resources such as ferrous metals, aluminum, and copper, however most electronics are currently sent to landfill. In 1999, it is estimated that disposed personal computers alone contained 4 400 tonnes of ferrous metal, 3 050 tonnes of aluminum and 1 500 tonnes of copper.
  
  
• Extended Producer Responsibility recognizes that brand owners and manufacturers are in the best position to control the longevity, content, and recyclability of the products they design and market.
  
  

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