The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year. This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic waste (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed of or recycled safely. Every year, hundreds of thousands of old computers and mobile phones are dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Thousands more are exported, often illegally, from Europe, US, Japan and other industrialized countries, to Asia. There, workers in scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.