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Almost halfway there: New York becomes 23rd state to adopt e-waste recycling law

By Heather Clancy | June 11, 2010, 12:10pm PDT

If you live in New York state and have neglected your spring cleaning, you may want to hold onto your old electronics doo-dads a bit longer: Your state just passed what some are calling the “most progressive” electronics waste recycling law in the country.

There are a couple of things that make this law unique (New York obviously learned from other progressive states on this matter, including Washington and Minnesota:

• Technology manufacturers will be required to reuse a certain amount of electronic waste each year. The amount that they have to reuse will be based on market share.
• Manufacturers that collect more stuff than they have to, will get recycling “credits” for doing so. If a manufacturer doesn’t reach its quota, it faces fines.
• Consumers have five years to get used to this idea: After Jan. 15, 2015, they will be prohibited from dumping computers, printers, televisions, DVD players, MP3 players and such into landfills. Big appliances such as refrigerators or microwaves, however, are exempt.

Link to Article:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/almost-halfway-there-new-york-becomes-23rd-state-to-adopt-e-waste-recycling-law/12365?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zdnet%2Fgreen+%28ZDNet+GreenTech%29

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