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Electronic Equipment and Product Stewardship Documents
This page contains both documents and links to web sites describing various aspects of electronic equipment and product stewardship. These materials have been collected from a variety of sources and are updated regularly, however this list is not exhaustive and many other resources exist. Use the links below to jump to the portion of the library you would like to visit.
What Is Product Stewardship?
Why Should Electronic Products be Recycled Rather Than Disposed?
What Programs Exist in the Pacific Northwest?
What Pilot Programs Have Been Launched In the Pacific Northwest?
What Programs or Pilot Programs Exist in the U.S. Outside the Pacific Northwest?
What Programs Exist Outside the U.S.?
How Do You Establish and Finance a Program for Managing Electronic Waste?
What Are The Costs of Providing Services?
What Are the Business Opportunities and Job Possibilities in Electronics Recycling?
How Much Obsolete Equipment Is Out There?
What Do Citizens Want?
What Services Are Offered by Electronics Manufacturers?
What are Manufacturers' and Retailers' Positions on Product
Takeback Programs?
How Do You Purchase Electronics Responsibly?
What Legislation Has Been Proposed or Enacted?
What Is Product Stewardship?
NSWMA E-Waste Policy
The National Solid Waste Management Association's policy on e-Waste states that related legislation should include financial support for electronics recycling programs, which could include an advance recycling fee or take-back provisions.
A Growing Trail of Toxic Trash
An article by Alex Salkever, Special to the Christian Science Monitor, that lays out the arguments for electronics recycling.
Extended Producer Responsibility:
A Prescription for Clean Production, Pollution Prevention and Zero Waste
This site provides a detailed definition of Extended Producer Responsibility, a policy tool that extends manufacturer's responsibilities beyond their current accountabilities to also include responsibility for life cycle costs of their products and associated packaging.
WCRC's Citizen's Guide to Producer Responsibility
An informational brochure about Producer Responsibility published by the Washington Citizens for Resource Conservation. Producer Responsibility holds manufacturers accountable for the sound environmental design, safe and efficient operation, and proper recycling of their products.
Governments Saddled with Electronic Scrap:
The Solution is Product Stewardship
An article from our own policy bulletin explaining Product Stewardship, a practice that asks those who make, sell, buy and handle electronic equipment to take responsibility for minimizing the environmental impacts of those products at all stages in the products’ life cycle.
Obsolete Computers, “Gold Mine,” or High-Tech Trash? Resource Recovery from Recycling
This report by the U.S. Geological Survey outlines a recycling flow for obsolete computers and lists some opportunities and challenges faced by governments dealing with this type of waste.
Electronic Waste Publications
The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 1 office has pulled together various publications pertaining to electronic waste and programs for collecting it, and posted this compilation on its web site.
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Why Should Electronic Products be Recycled Rather Than Disposed?
Poison PCs and Toxic TVs: E-waste Tsunami to Roll Across the US: Are We Prepared?
Published in February 2004, this report by the Computer Takeback Campaign and Californians Against Waste, updates the Poison PCs and Toxic TVs: California's Biggest Environmental Crisis That You've Never Heard Of report released in 2001 that detailed the growing piles of electronic waste in the US, the toxics contained in the computers and monitors, and hazards of improper disposal. The 2004 version provides updates on the status of the e-waste problem, its' global impacts, how governments and manufacturers are responding to the problem, and what the Computer Takeback Campaign proposes as a solution.
Assessment of True Impacts of E-Waste Disposal in Florida
University of Florida investigators are conducting research on the potential impact of discarded electronic devices on the solid waste management facilities in Florida.
Comments on "The Effectiveness of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Controlling Releases of Heavy Metals to the Environment"
A refutation of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Applied Research Foundation report which claims that heavy metals in municipal solid waste landfill leachate do not represent a threat to groundwater.
Solid Waste Association of North America Supports Electronics Recycling
This letter from the Solid Waste Association of North America outlines the reasons for electronics recycling and states their support for product stewardship.
Just Say No To E-Waste: Background Document on Hazards and Waste from Computers
A document of the Clean Computer Campaign outlining the toxic materials found in computers and the related risks from these materials.
Toxic and Hazardous Materials in Electronics: An Environmental Scan of Toxic and Hazardous Materials in IT and Telecom Products and Waste
Building upon the IT and Telecom Waste in Canada report, this study documents the literature about selected toxic or hazardous materials used in computer and telecom equipment.
Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust on Computers: The Case for Safer Chemicals and Better Computer Design
In the first nationwide tests for brominated flame retardants in dust swiped from computers, the Computer Take-Back Campaign (CTBC) and Clean Production Action (CPA) found these neurotoxic chemicals on every computer sampled.
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What Programs Exist in the Pacific Northwest?
Take It Back Network, King County
Web site for King County Solid Waste Division's Take It Back Network, a group of local electronics repair and resale shops, recyclers and nonprofit groups that recycle or reuse electronic equipment.
Take It Back Network, Snohomish County
Web site for Snohomish County's Take It Back Network, a partnership between local government, retailers, haulers, recyclers, electronics manufacturers and consumers that provides options for collecting, processing, and recycling electronics and their potentially hazardous components in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner.
Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (WEPSI)
The Western Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (WEPSI) consisted of a series of stakeholder meetings held in the Western United States to engage manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, recyclers, non-profit organizations, government and consumers in exploration of product stewardship models for electronic equipment. The WEPSI Action Plan lays out a strategy to move forward on product stewardship issues in the Northwest.
Testimony by Kitsap County in Support of HB 2488
Text of testimony given by Dave Peters of Kitsap County in support of HB 2488, a bill addressing the issue of electronic waste in Washington State. This document includes details on Kitsap County's electronics recycling efforts to date.
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What Pilot Programs Have Been Launched In the Pacific Northwest?
Good Guys Electronics Recycling Pilot Project
The report summarizes the results of a television recycling pilot project which ran from July 8 through August 7, 2004 at four Good Guys electronics Stores in Western Washington. During this time, customers could bring their TVs to Good Guys for recycling. A fee of $10 for standard TVs and $25 for consoles was charged. Electronics manufacturers, JVC, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp and Sony contributed funds to help cover the costs of recycling the TVs.
Pilot Programs in Washington State
A document containing a list of one-time and ongoing electronic equipment recycling collection programs in Washington State.
NWPSC Regional Electronics Take it Back Network Pilot Project
This document is the application for an EPA Grant that the NWPSC was awarded to design and implement a pilot project to take back used electronic products at a large electronics retail store chain. The project will be conducted in western Washington and Oregon during 2004 and will target computers, monitors, computer peripherals and televisions. Electronics manufacturers will be asked to help pay for the costs of recycling the equipment.
Clark County Data
Specific details of electronic recycling collection events held at three sites throughout 2003 in Clark County.
Snohomish County Electronic Collection and Recycling Progress Report
Snohomish County Electronic Collection and Recycling Final Progress Report
Snohomish County Electronic Collection and Recycling Program Highlight
Documents containing details of Snohomish County's Electronic Collection and Recycling pilot program. This project provided public school districts and municipalities in Snohomish County with a one-time collection round-up of old electronic equipment and also offered technical assistance and a “toolbox” of strategies to prevent stockpiling in the future.
Electronic Collection Event for the Benton County Regional Moderate Risk Waste Facility
Information about a one-day electronic equipment collection event held in Benton County. Provides details about the event and lessons learned.
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What Programs or Pilot Programs Exist in the US Outside the Pacific Northwest?
CRS REport for Congress, Managing Electronic Waste: An Analysis of State E-Waste Legislation, August 29, 2007
The Congressional Research Service has drafted this report to help policy makers better understand the impact of state e-waste legislation. The report discusses issues that have led to state action, common elements in state-waste laws and proposals, and an overview of each
enacted state law.
Staples and the Product Stewardship Institute Plug-In To eCycling pilot
Staples, national sellers of office supplies, partnered with the Product Stewardship Institute and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to launch a program to measure the success of retail-based electronics recycling with the goal of testing sustainable business models for long-term electronics collection and recycling. In this pilot, 27 collections at retail stores in five New England States (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island) and 19 collections from catalog customers were included. The pilot ran from June 8 to July 11, 2004.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection End-of-Life Electronics
Web site with information on end-of-life electronics programs in Florida and general information on the need for electronics recycling.
State-Assisted E-Scrap Collections in 9 Florida Counties 1999-2003
PowerPoint presentation with information on electronics collection programs in Florida, with details on type of collection events, costs, and lessons learned.
Florida Electronics Brand Distribution Project
NEPSI discussions revealed that knowledge of the distribution of product brands that are sold and received for recycling is important information in developing a system of equitably funding the shared responsibility model for the product stewardship of end-of-life electronics. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is conducting a brand distribution project for electronic products.
End-of-Life Electronics Collection in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
PowerPoint presentation containing information on an electronics recycling program operated by the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Electronics Re-Use and Recycling Infrastructure Development in Massachusetts
Document including detailed information on Massachusetts' Jobs Through Recycling grant, which assisted recycling businesses and in turn spurred the growth of recycling markets for used electronic equipment in Massachusetts.
Mid-America Regional Council Electronics Events Summary - 2001
Mid-America Regional Council Electronics Events Summary - 2002
These documents recap electronics collection events held in Kansas and Missouri in 2001 and 2002.
Five Electronic Waste Collection Pilot Projects
Web site with information detailing 5 pilot e-waste collection programs conducted between 1996 and 1998. Municipalities featured include Binghamton, NY/Sommerville, MA; San Jose, CA; Hennepin, MN; Union County, NJ; and Naperville/Wheaton, IL.
Recycling used Electronics: Report on Minnesota's Demonstration Project
This document describes a public/private effort managed by Minnesota's Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA) to learn more about the costs and barriers to recycling used electronic products. The OEA worked with local communities and counties across Minnesota and with industry partners to collect and recycle used electronics.
Setting Up & Operating Electronics Recycling/Reuse Programs: A Manual for Municipalities & Counties
A manual produced by the Northeast Recycling Council in Brattleboro, Vermont, including results of a national electronics collection programs survey, general considerations for setting up and running an electronics collection program, and specific guidance about ongoing collection, special event, and curbside electronics collection programs.
Final Report on Rural Community Electronics Recycling Project
Another report by the Northeast Recycling Council that outlines a CRT recycling demonstration project in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Summary of FY 2003 Department Sponsored Electronics Collection Events and Initiatives
This report, which can be found in Appendix B of this document, provides a summary and data for school and residential electronics collection events in Iowa and local sustainable electronics programs.
EPA Region 3 eCycling Pilot
This website provides information about the EPA's Region 3 eCycling Pilot. Through this pilot, the EPA and environmental protection agencies in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia worked with electronics manufacturers, electronics retailers, and electronics recyclers for 14 months to collect and recycle unwanted computers, computer equipment, and televisions from residents and small businesses in the Mid-Atlantic States. The Final Report on the Mid-Atlantic States Electronics Recycling Pilot Project describes the Region 3 eCycling Pilot, presents the results of the Pilot, and summarizes key findings and lessons learned.
The Status of Unwanted Computers and Scrap Electronics in Georgia
This report overviews the preliminary findings of the state of Georgia’s Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Council based upon its 2003 investigations. At monthly meetings throughout the year, experts briefed the council on issues related to the growing quantity of used electronics accumulating in homes, businesses, government offices, and schools throughout the state.
Contractor's Report to the Board: Best Management Practices for Electronic Waste, April 2004
This report was prepared for the CA Integrated Waste Management Board by the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health. The BMP guide for e-waste management is designed to assist local government in the considerations and decisions needed for program planning and implementation, with emphasis on environmentally sound management and due diligence to ensure proper recycling.
Plug In To E-Cycling Partnership Agreement
An agreement signed by leading electronics manufacturers to pilot a voluntary shared responsibility approach for electronics recycling. All electronics collected through this pilot will be processed by Envirocycle in an environmentally sound manner and paid for by participating manufacturers and Staples.
A Plan for the Collection and Recycling of Cathode Ray Tubes in Maine
This report provides the Maine Legislature with information on the types, amounts and sources of CRTs currently available for collection, alternative disposal practices, and existing resources and estimated costs for collection and recycling; and identifies a plan for expanding in-state resources and paying the costs associated with the collection and recycling of CRTs from households.
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What Programs Exist Outside the US?
Consultation Plan to Support the Development of a Diversion Program for Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment, Ontario
Industries, municipalities, and general public, affected by regulation under Waste Diversion Act of 2002, work to evaluate the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) collection, transportation, and processing diversion plan options. Waste Diversion Ontario is in charge of consultation development. The products covered by WEEE include toys, leisure and sports equipment, electrical and electronic tools, and navigational, measuring, medical and control instruments.
Intentions paper, British Columbia
The British Columbia provincial government intends to include electronics under the existing Recycling Regulation, which requires producers of numerous items to create stewardship programs for their products. Consultation on an intentions paper ended in November 2005, and the government plans to include computers, monitors, peripherals, printers, and televisions to the list of products under the Recycling Regulation this fall. A fully operational product stewardship program may be rolled out in mid-2007. Other products included under the Recycling Regulation, which was enacted in October 2004, include beverage containers, used oil, oil filters, and oil containers, paint, pharmaceuticals, and leftover flammable liquids, solvents, pesticides, and gasoline.
Product
Stewardship and Water Efficiency Labelling
A discussion document outlining
the New Zealand government’s options for encouraging businesses and consumers
to accept responsibility for the environmental effects of products, was released
by New Zealand Ministry for the Environment in July 2005. This
document addresses wastes that are particularly hard to manage or dispose
of, such as electronic waste, cars, used oil.
Electronic Recycling in Alberta, Canada
Consumers in Alberta, Canada, who buy televisions and computers started paying a fee that will be used to cover the costs of collection, transportation, recycling, public awareness programs and electronics-related research. The fee was initiated on February 1, 2005. The program is run by a third part organization called Electronics Recycling Alberta, a division of Alberta Recycling Management Authority.
Electronics Product Stewardship Canada
EPS Canada is a not-for-profit organization working to design, promote, and implement sustainable solutions for Canada's electronic waste problem. For more information about EPS Canada, read their business plan.
Electronic Products Stewardship of Manitoba Final Report Part 1 of 2
Electronic Products Stewardship of Manitoba Final Report Part 2 of 2
E-Waste in Manitoba - Presentation
A two-part report and presentation on EPSOM, a program which implemented and researched a demonstration project on the collection, reuse and recycling of unwanted consumer electronics in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, focusing on end-of-life products from consumers and processing techniques that ensure the safe disposal of residual and potentially hazardous materials.
Swiss Association for Information, Communication and Organizational Technology 10-Year Anniversary Report
This report describes how Switzerland's system for collecting unwanted electronic equipment developed over the last 10 years. The Swiss system is funded by incorporating the cost of the system into the purchase price of new equipment; consumers can drop off equipment at no charge. The membership of SWICO includes both individual manufacturers and trade organizations. SWICO licenses recyclers to handle the equipment, which is brought in by retailers, drop off centers and other collection programs.
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How Do You Establish and Finance a Program for Managing Electronic Waste?
Considerations for Local Communities Related to Collection of Used Electronic Products
An NWPSC document outlining particular things municipalities should consider when establishing an electronics recycling program and ways in which they can encourage product stewardship for electronics.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Electronics Recycling
A program manual for solid waste operations staff members of Snohomish County's Solid Waste Management Division. This guide outlines how Snohomish County's e-waste program functions.
Assessment of E-Waste Collection & Processing Issues for the Metro Region
This study provides Portland Metro with an initial understanding of the feasibility of expanding collection of electronic waste in the region. The priority was to complete a "rapid assessment" of the e-scrap marketplace to provide order of magnitude planning level answers to these questions.
Strategy Report for Electronics Waste Management in Iowa
A strategy report published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to guide state policy and procedure related to Iowa's electronic waste.
Take it Back Network: Packaging and Transporting Electronics
This document provides information to businesses collecting used electronics on how to package and transport these products for recycling. The State of Washington and the National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) are proposing various systems for financing electronics collection and recycling programs. The following document and charts, developed by Snohomish County, WA provide explanations of how these systems might work:
Recommendations for Electronics Handling for School Districts, Cities and Towns in Snohomish County
This report provides background information and tips on how to reduce computer stockpiling, surplus and recycle old computers, and plan for the future.
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What Are The Costs of Providing Services?
Assessing Base Level of Service for Electronics Collection and Recycling Programs: Seattle-Tacoma Case Study
The results of this study provide a better understanding of the collection, transportation and recycling infrastructure needed for a defined collection service area with associated operational requirements and costs.
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What Are the Business Opportunities and Job Possibilities in Electronics Recycling?
Job Benefits of Different Markets: A Value-Added Approach.
The report, located in Attachment 8 of this document, evaluates different possibilities for CRT disposal to determine which makes the most economic sense.
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How Much Obsolete Equipment Is Out There?
Spokane Electronics Reuse and Recycling Study
The Spokane Regional Solid Waste System issued this study on March 30, 2007 in response to Washington State’s Electronic Product Recycling Law in 2006. The report was conducted to determine what impact the new law will have on current waste collection in the county and offer recommendations to expand collection opportunities by the time the law goes into effect January 1, 2009. The report concludes that recyclers in Spokane County will be collecting 1-2 million tons of covered electronic products each year, 5 times current collection amounts. Recommendations include establishing a Take-it-Back Network between recyclers and the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, educating e-waste collectors, and discussing possible benefits and strategies for attracting recycling business to operate within the county.
E-Waste Generation in Northwest Washington
This document presents estimates of obsolete computers, monitors, televisions, and cell phones expected to be generated now and in the future in Seattle and Northwest Washington State.
Assessment of Electronic Waste Generation, Collection, and Processing in Eastern Washington
This document outlines a study assessing the current state of electronic-products recovery in Eastern Washington and presents recommendations on ways to expand product recovery.
Electronics Waste Characterization Study: Executive Summary
This report, which can be found in Appendix C of this document, summarizes a 2001 study of electronic waste generated in Iowa, recycling options available, barriers to electronics recycling, and recommendations.
Southwest Washington Electronic Waste Generation and Processing
This report on e-waste was prepared by the Clark County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Jail Industries Board at the request of the Clark County Department of Public Works. The goals of this report are to create an inventory of the key organizations comprising the area’s e-waste collection and processing infrastructure, develop an e-waste flow diagram summarizing how material currently is handled in the study area, and project e-waste flows and estimates of the current and potential handling capacities in Southwest Washington.
State of Electronics in Florida Households: 2003 Residential Household Electronics Survey
In the summer of 2003 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in partnership with Seminole County, completed a follow-up survey to a 2000 survey of Florida households to find out whether Florida’s residential population had changed its practices for handling, recycling, and disposing of televisions and computer monitors. This report presents the results of that survey and a comparison with the earlier survey conducted in 2000.
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What Do Citizens Want?
Public Opinion Research on Electronics Recycling
This documents presents the findings of a study of King County residents about what they expect of manufacturers of electronics and their willingness to participate in electronics product stewardship.
Best Buy Electronics Recycling Consumer Survey
Results of a survey of Best Buy customers who participated in an electronics recycling event in 2001.
Listening to Local Governments - Meeting Minutes
Listening to Local Governments - Meeting Summary
These documents outline the proceedings of a workshop conducted by the NWPSC and the Washington State Department of Ecology on electronics recycling and product stewardship.
The presentations made at this meeting are available in Microsoft PowerPoint below by clicking on the presentation.
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What Services Are Offered by Electronics Manufacturers?
Test of Manufacturer Mail-Back Programs
This document, prepared for the Snohomish County Solid Waste Management Division, outlines the results of a test of computer manufacturers' take back programs.
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What are Manufacturers' and Retailers' Positions on Product Takeback Programs?
Electronic Manufacturers' Coalition for Responsible Recycling: White Paper on Electronics End-of-Life Management, February, 2005
The Coalition is a group of electronics manufacturing companies including Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Sony, Sanyo, IBM, Panasonic, JVC, Philips, Sharp, and Thomson. The coalition supports an Advanced Recovery Fee approach to financing management of end-of-life electronic equipment at the state and national levels.
Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition (CERC) Position on the Need for a National Electronics Management System
CERC is a public policy trade association dedicated to the concerns of consumer electronics retailers. This paper outlines their position on a "federal solution" that encourages the collection and recycling of electronic waste.
IT Product Recycling: A Product Stewardship Solution presented by Hewlett-Packard Company
This paper outlines HP's position on a product stewardship solution to recycling computer equipment. HP advocates manufacturer take back of their own branded products from households for recycling, refurbishing and/or reuse.
Product Takeback: IBM Position and Recommendations
A position paper from IBM detailing the company's recommendations for information technology manufacturer takeback programs.
Computer TakeBack Campaign Statement of Principles
The Computer TakeBack Campaign's Statement of Principles has been endorsed by Hewlett-Packard and Dell, Inc.
Electronics Product Stewardship Canada
EPS Canada is a not-for-profit organization working to design, promote, and implement sustainable solutions for Canada's electronic waste problem. The founding members of EPS Canada are 16 leading electronics manufacturers: Apple, Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Lexmark, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba.
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How Do You Purchase Electronics Responsibly?
Part I: The Issue
Part II: Procurement Matrix for Original Equipment Manufacturers and Vendors
Part III: Post Contract Reporting Requirements for Continual Improvement
The above documents detail the Environmentally Preferable Procurement Guidelines for Information Technology Equipment in Health Care, from Health Care Without Harm, Washington, DC and Computer Take Back Campaign, San Jose, CA.
California Integrated Waste Management Board's Procurement Guidelines
This web site provides links do documents outlining guidelines for California State agency staff involved in purchasing, using or managing electronic equipment. Other organizations are welcome to use these resources to improve their procurement, use and end-of-life management of electronic equipment.
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What Legislation Has Been Proposed or Enacted?
California's Cell Phone Recycling Bill
On September 29, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 2901 into law. The Cell Phone Recycling Act of 2004 requires cell phone retailers to provide free collection of used cell phones to consumers by July 1, 2006.
Minnesota report on the "Summary of the Waste Electronics Consultation Process"
After an evaluation of the three policy options, the Advance Recycling Fee, Individual Responsibility, and Hybrid System, the Office of Environmental Assistance recommended to the legislature an Advance Recycling Fee as reliable policy option. The third-party organization was underlined as an essential element of policy implementation.
California's CRT Rules
This rulemaking action readopts the emergency regulations that conditionally exempt cathode ray tube material from its current classification as hazardous waste provided the material is managed in compliance with the streamlined management requirements established by this rulemaking action, which correspond to federal management requirements for "universal waste."
California’s Electronic waste Recycling Act 2003
The Electronic Waste Recycling Act, SB 20 was signed on September 24, 2003. SB 50 which was legislation written to clarify certain provisions of SB 20, was signed into law on September 29, 2004 . Beginning January 1, 2005 , an Electronic Waste Recycling Fee will be assessed on certain video display products such as computer monitors and televisions. The fee, ranging from $6 to $10 depending on screen size will be collected at the time of retail sale, including Internet and catalog sales, from California consumers. Consumers will be able to recycle their monitors and televisions at “authorized” collection locations without paying an end-of-life fee. Visit the eRecycle.org Web site for more information.
Maine’s CRT Ban and new Electroincs Recycling Bill
The ban on CRTs takes effect on January 1, 2006 . In April, 2004, Maine passed legislation that follows the producer responsibility model such that manufacturers are responsible for the recycling of their own brand products. Municipalities bear the costs of collection and transportation to a consolidator. Manufacturers are responsible for the costs of handling, sorting and transportation from the consolidator to the recycler and for the costs of processing of their brand television and computer monitor products. By March 1, 2005 manufacturers must provide a plan for compliance to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Electronic Waste Legislation and Economic Development
The NWPSC analyzes the effects of Washington State HB 1942, which was introduced into the 2003/2004 legislative session, on the Washington State Economy. HB 1942 would require manufacturers to develop, implement, and finance the implementation of a plan for the collection and the recycling or reuse of electronic waste from its own products each year.
HB 1942 Questions and Answers
This file provides an overview of Washington State HB 1942, introduced into the 2003/2004 legislative session, which would hold manufacturers financially responsible for the environmentally sound collection, recycling and disposal of electronic wastes such as old computers, televisions, and cell phones. 2003 Electronics Stewardship Legislation
This report, which can be found in Appendix D of this document, summarizes bills that were proposed and/or enacted in 2003 nationwide.
Oregon e-waste legislation
SB 867 B was signed by the Governor on August 22, 2003. This legislation directs an advisory committee to examine reuse and recycling of electronic products and report findings to Legislative Assembly. In addition, the legislation will require cities serving over 500,000 people to develop and implement a pilot program for electronics recycling and reuse. Amendments adopted in this legislation establish a dedicated fund for these programs.
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