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Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee'
jcatcw writes "A bill in Congress would add a recycling charge to the cost of laptop PCs, computer monitors, televisions and some other electronic devices, according to a story at Computerworld. The effort to control what's called e-waste could lead to a national 'e-fee' that would be paid just like a sales tax. Nationwide the cost could amount to $300 million per year. Already, California, Washington, Maryland and Maine have approved electronics recycling laws, and another 21 states plus Puerto Rico, are considering them."
That would mean that we can just leave them anywhere, right?
We already pay for removal when it works.... Well, Ill just open my truckbed with all these computer junk parts and gun it. Thats what road crews are for, right?
Reminds me of the stupid "music cd" tax. And the RIAA still sues, even when you buy and trade tariff'ed discs that go directly to the labels for 'assumption of copyright infringement'.
I have personal objection to me doing the sorting for recycling. I don't mind trash being sorted and recycled by professions, just not me. I actually wouldn't mind a very small across the board "recycling/trash sorting" tax in addition to sales tax on everything if I believed that it would do good and not line some one's pockets or be suffled around for other uses. I've been observing my local city government lately. I don't have faith that any government would properly run a recycling/trash sorting tax in good faith with their citizens. They'd be too tempted to use the money for other uses.