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Growth of E-Waste May Lead to National 'E-Fee'

Posted by Zonk on from the e-xactly-what-we-e-want dept.

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."

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  1. Re:And that.... by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, part of my post might be a bit foreign to the way your citizens act.. Quite a few people in rural places just dump their trash over a ridge or down a stream, hoping for it to go "out of sight". Recently, we had some assholes do the "fill truck with garbage, open tailgate, hit the accelerator" gag near our land and spread probably about 100 lbs of garbage.

    Also, I'm extremely skeptical of any new taxes, knowing how much wasting our government can do. Perhaps you didnt hear of it, but when Bill Clinton was in office, there was a national story of a toilet seat that cost 5000$ (notice that Clinton was not involved in that price, but indicates the date). Evidently, Air Force 1 couldnt use just any standard seat, so one had to have been crafted.

    It would be nice to see a smallish government that cares for its citizens by not squandering money and treating the people like buffoons. Then again, I guess I could move to Ireland ;)

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