- Type:
Producer Responsibility Law
- Bill/Law Date:
May 8, 2007
Revised in 2009.
- Program Start Date:
August 2007
- Bill/Law:
- 2009 Update:
- Products Covered:
Televisions, Monitors, Personal Computers, Laptops
- Disposal Ban:
Was already in place
- Prison Labor Ban:
Yes, except for non-profit refurbish-ment and reuse activities
- Free Recycling:
Yes. Scope for figuring mfgr obligation: video display devices (TVs, monitors, laptops).
Scope for free collection: TVs, monitors, laptops, desktops, printers, keyboards; fax machines; and DVD players
- Who Pays?
Market share.
Producers pay for collection, transportation, and recycling.
- Toxic Language:
Disclosure Companies must report on display devices sold to households if they exceed the maximum ROHS levels for lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, (PBBs),(PBDEs)
- Goals/Targets:
Year 1: Manufacturers must recycle amount equal to 60% of what they sold by weight in previous year
Year 2+: 80% of previous year sales
- Other:
N/A
