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National PC Recycling Plan Proposed, Again

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cleaning-up dept.

ThinSkin writes "Two U.S. Representatives have proposed a bill to resuscitate a national recycling program for electronic waste, following the successful launch of two state-run programs. The bill would create the National Computer Recycling Act, and if approved by Congress and signed into law, would tack on a $10 administrative fee to the sale price of computers and monitors to fund recycling efforts."

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  1. Already here by pcmanjon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My Texas city has a program like this (HEB Hurst Euless Bedford city district) and the stores charge a 30 dollar fee for recycle efforts. I don't see where the extra charge comes in though, as nobody seems to actually -RECYCLE- the computers they buy.

    Where's this extra charge come in?

  2. Re:What's a computer? by stupidfoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    we go through lots of hardware at my company (customer hardware breaks down after 6 years of being on constantly and we replace it)

    When we get rid of the broken stuff, we strip out the non-toxic pieces, and then we pay a secondary company by the pound to dispose of the bad stuff. They rip out what is useful and still worth something, and then pay to dispose the rest of it.

    This system works perfectly fine without any extra levels of existing government bureaucracy. This just seems to be another example of needing to enforce current codes and regulations, instead of creating new codes and regulations.