Despite a modest growing concern on the environmental impact of technology, gadgets don’t seem to be getting green enough, fast enough.

According to a recent report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) the issue of unrecycled electronics is getting worse and with a massive increase in the amount of electronic gadgets expected to be sold in the Africa, South America, China and India over the next decade, things are about to get infinitely worse.

Based on information obtained on 11 different developing nations, the following scenarios are expected to occur by 2020:

• South African, Chinese, and Indian electronic waste will increase over 2007 levels by 200, 400 and 500% respectively.

• The number of cell phones expected to hit landfills in China will multiply by 18 times.

• On a global scale, the amount of electronic waste is increasing each year by approximately 40 million tons.

If a study has ever given more cause to buy greener gadgets and to recycle electronics, I haven’t seen it.