California introduces cell phone recycling bill.A bill to address the recycling of cellular phones has been introduced into the California House of Assembly. Assemblywoman as·sem·bly·wom·an n. A woman who is a member of a legislative assembly. Noun 1. assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman representative - a person who represents others Fran Pavley Fran Pavley is a Democratic politician and previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of Agoura Hills. She served as a Mayor and Councilmember for four terms. introduced AB 2901, which was co-authored by Assemblywoman Christine Kehoe Christine T. Kehoe (born October 3, 1950 in Troy, New York) is a California State Senator representing the 39th district that includes the San Diego county communities of City Heights, Clairemont, Del Mar, Emerald Hills, Encanto, Hillcrest, Kearny Mesa, La Jolla, Lemon Grove Linda . The bill would require retailers of mobile phones to develop recycling programs for their products. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the bill, phone manufacturers would have to report the hazardous materials contained in the phones and provide a disposal plan to the California Integrated Waste Management Board. The bill would require a retailer selling a cell phone in California to have a system approved by the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the acceptance, collection, reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and recycling or proper disposal of used cell phones in place by July 1, 2005. AB 2901 would authorize To empower another with the legal right to perform an action. The Constitution authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce. authorize v. to officially empower someone to act. (See: authority) the board to approve a system for the acceptance, collection, reuse and recycling or proper disposal of a used cell phone only if the system includes specified elements and the board finds that the system is at least as convenient to consumers as the system and procedure for the sale and distribution of a new cell phone. The bill would specify procedures for the approval of those plans by the board. Each cell phone retailer in California would be required to submit a report to the board on the number of cell phones it sold in the state during the previous calendar year by July 1, 2006, and annually thereafter. Retailers would also be required to make information available to consumers that describes where and how to return, recycle and dispose of the phones. |
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