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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'."

3 of 348 comments (clear)

  1. Have to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia... computers recycle you! Imagine a beowulf of recycled computers...

  2. Re:Bad idea by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's just another way that the Japanese government has found to stifle the already depressed economy."

    Of course, that's the aim of the Japanese Government.

    --
    "Derp de derp."
  3. Are you... by appleLaserWriter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Printing dollar bills, or running a SPAM operation?