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For Immediate Release: November 5, 2009

Electronics Industry Lawsuit Attacks States’ Rights
State and Local Governments call on Industry to Withdraw New York City E-waste Lawsuit

(San Francisco, CA – November 5, 2009)  Government officials from across the country today called on the electronics industry to withdraw its lawsuit against the New York City e-waste recycling law, calling the lawsuit a challenge by the electronics industry to the rights of states and cities to pass producer responsibility laws that hold manufacturers accountable for their products.

In a letter to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC), who filed the lawsuit, state and local government representatives from 18 states expressed their continued support for state and local laws that give the electronics manufacturers responsibility for financing effective takeback services for all the products they are selling in those states.

“This lawsuit isn’t really about the New York City e-waste law,” said Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller, sponsor of Wisconsin’s new e-waste law, which passed two weeks ago. “This is really about the rights of states and cities to say that the manufacturers of toxic products need to be responsible for their products when consumers are ready to discard them. The outcome of this case could impact producer responsibility laws in all of our states, on a whole host of products.”

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