Mandatory Hardware Recycling Coming To US?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday October 13, 2006 @06:20AM from the send-me-your-tired-your-obsolete dept.

BDPrime writes, "A U.S. congressional caucus has met twice to discuss proposing national legislation that would make hardware manufacturers responsible for taking back their own stuff, similar to what Europe implemented with WEEE (PDF). The story quotes David Douglas, one of Sun's eco-evangelists, reflecting on the alternative: 'If we were having to deal with local regulations and local disposition facilities in every state, to deal with every state's nuanced costs, that would clearly involve cost to our basic equipment.'" It's early days for this movement; the buzzword to watch here is "E-waste."

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Huh? by LordPhantom · 2006-10-13 06:22 · Score: 4, Funny

It's early days for this movement; the buzzword to watch here is "E-waste." But...but... I thought that was called "myspace"!
What does this have to do with EWM? by chrismcdirty · 2006-10-13 06:22 · Score: 4, Interesting

This is the second time that I've noticed kdawson misusing the Enlightenment icon. Are you guys just picking icons based on how pretty they look now?

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Why stop there? by merreborn · 2006-10-13 06:22 · Score: 4, Insightful

Why don't we place the same requirements on the appliance and automotive industries?

Oh, they probably have better lobyists, don't they?