What's the Best Strategy for Reducing Toxics in Consumer Electronics?


 

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Just like ink cartridges

Just like ink cartridges come with mail-in prepaid recycling bags so too could electronic equipment.  Charging a disposal fee doesn't ensure proper disposal; it's just a tax that upsets people.  You could have something like a coupon that goes back to whoever recycles... make the electronics companies turn this into a way of marketing and recycling in the process.  Prop 65 lawsuits are too often focused on extorting from the unaware and the outcome generally benefits lawyers much more than California citizens; we all pay for those with higher prices and don't necessarily ensure that people will recycle anyway.  Making recycling convenient and rewarding recyclers... like CRV does... is the way to go; it's not a tax for those who recycle and its administration is paid for by those who waste... very well done.