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Japan Introduces Consumer-Paid Computer Recycling

Posted by simoniker on from the neat-and-tidy dept.

Azuma writes "According to the Japan Times, starting Wednesday, new Japanese legislation takes effect that compels personal computer manufacturers to collect used PCs from households and recycle their parts, with consumers footing the bill, which will total anywhere from 3,000 yen ($28) to 4,000 yen ($37). So from today onwards, if you buy a new computer in Japan, your new computer should have a new logo besides commercial ones such as Intel Inside... 'Recycling Fee Prepaid'."

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  1. Re:Bad choices by ArsonPanda · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh please please please tell me you're trolling and not actually that much of a fucking retard.
    Landfills are the preferable choice to recycling?
    Because you have no immediate way to pave over/build on "unusable" land it should be filled in with garbage?

    You're an idiot.

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