The shareholder proposal filed by As You Sow asking Apple Computer to report on ways to improve its computer take back system received the support of 10.3% of shareholders voting. The proposal was supported by 44 million shares worth about $3.2 billion.
Apple has agreed to free take back of old computer when a new Mac is purchased. At the April 27 shareholder meeting, CEO Steve Jobs committed the company to a higher-level dialogue with shareholder proponents to review other measures that can be taken to improve recycling and take back.
This is the highest vote a proposal on computer waste has received. Proposals filed by Calvert in 2002 at HP received 8.3% and Gateway 7.5%.
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CAW is sponsoring Assembly Bill 3001 (Pavley), which will expand SB 20/50 to include all single-user personal computers. The measure would establish a $6 Advanced Recycling Fee on PCs and create approiximately $24M in state revenue for the E-Waste Recycling Program. By adding PCs to the scope of SB 20, we can target more than 100,000 additional tons illegally disposed e-waste in California annually.
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