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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:Japan is not like America by pla · · Score: 0, Troll

    Especially things like washing machines and refrigerators in which the previous owner put who-knows-what.

    This, from the same country that currently has a societal-wide "feminine hygene" problem relating to girls considering panty-liners an alternative to bathing and changing clothes?

    Heh. Strange place. Hope to visit there some day, but I just don't get it, as a whole.