A bill winding its way through the North Carolina legislature would eliminate the state’s six-year-old e-scrap recycling system and prohibition on landfilling electronics.
A bill winding its way through the North Carolina legislature would eliminate the state’s six-year-old e-scrap recycling system and prohibition on landfilling electronics.
Lawmakers in Ghana have reportedly approved legislation that will result in a national fund to provide collection and recycling services for end-of-life electronics.
California will boost the sums consumers pay when they buy new display devices, ensuring the solvency of a state fund backing e-scrap recycling.
New York state will provide a temporary injection of money to help local governments manage e-scrap collections and recycling.
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is asking local governments and electronics recycling stakeholders whether appliances, toys and other items should be added to the jurisdiction’s extended producer responsibility program. Continue Reading
Over the next few months, New York State officials will draft regulations aimed at providing clarity on the existing e-scrap law, improving program performance and addressing challenges.
One expert says changes to the extended producer responsibility system in the U.K. are beneficial, and a Middle Eastern kingdom works to teach students about e-scrap recycling.
Spain prepares to implement its electronics reuse targets, and activists in Bangladesh urge the government to address the issue of electronics disposal.
Kenya becomes the first African country to pass a law directing flows of e-scrap, and an Aussie stewardship group reaches out to the country’s business community.
An Indiana newspaper urges lawmakers to address a lack of rural collection opportunities, and costs to recycle electronics are going up for residents in one upper Midwest municipality.