Foreign media cite a report from the United Nations Environment Programme saying that by 2010, the volume of IT related electronic waste products will be four times of that of 2007 and China and India will be the main source of toxic e-waste.

A waste cathode ray tube televisions recycling line will be opened by Sichuan Changhong in 2008, and Changhong hopes it will be the largest waste home appliances recycling base in west China — via technology development and industrial investment.

The first e-waste recycling facility established by a foreign company in China has been put into operation with the unveiling of the Management Regulation on the Recycling and Treatment of Disposed Appliances and Electronics Products.