New York has introduced its new e-waste law which will forbid the manufacturers to dump the used electronic devices and they have to have a program for collecting the electronic waste. The amount of goods which a company must recycle is determined by their market share. If they violate this new law, they will have to pay a fine that will be used to encourage this policy. The e-waste law doesn’t cover all the electronic household appliances like microwaves and washing machines aren’t included and that is the largest flaw. Oregon and California have also an e-waste law, in California the consumers pay an advance recovery fee for recycling these goods and a small part of the contributions is given to a charity.
Tim Mannens
It's not only in the USA that the dumping of electronics has become a real problem. You should check out my blog about the Bahrain students fighting for green IT. Did you know that e-waste is as big a problem as aeroplane emissions?!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat it don't covers all the electronic appliances makes it a weak law. This in contrast with california. I read that they have a strict regulation.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenStef De Visscher