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California to charge for electronic recycling costs
The U.S state of California is the process of putting into effect its own directive charges for the purchasing of electronic goods. The people of California will have to dish out an extra eight bucks so the state can cover the costs of the first U.S recycling program for electronic waste.
[blockquote]Our own WEEE [sic] European directive came into effect in February last year, but all member states must implement it by the 13th of August this year.
The Sacramento Bee said the $8 will cover the cost of the first US recycling programme for electronics waste, which takes effect this July.
The money, collected by vendors, will be turned over to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, which will fund the re-cycling.
Quite a bit of kit is too dangerous to just bung in a landfill, and, the Sac Bee says, less than 15 per cent of monitors and TVs are recycled every year.
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[link=http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/new_laws/story/8031496p-8967305c.html]The full report[/link]
[blockquote]Our own WEEE [sic] European directive came into effect in February last year, but all member states must implement it by the 13th of August this year.
The Sacramento Bee said the $8 will cover the cost of the first US recycling programme for electronics waste, which takes effect this July.
The money, collected by vendors, will be turned over to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, which will fund the re-cycling.
Quite a bit of kit is too dangerous to just bung in a landfill, and, the Sac Bee says, less than 15 per cent of monitors and TVs are recycled every year.
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[link=http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/new_laws/story/8031496p-8967305c.html]The full report[/link]
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