Connecticut Governor signs electronics recycling bill.Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). Gov. M. Jodi JODI Journal of Digital Information JODI Joint Operational Data Interchange Rell has signed into law a bill that establishes a mandatory recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. program for certain major electronic devices, including computers and televisions, generated within the state. The law, substitute House Bill 7249, requires electronics manufacturers, beginning in 2009, to register their devices with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP DEP Deposit DEP Deputy DEP Department of Environmental Protection DEP Dependent DEP Departure DEP Depot DEP Deposition DEP deployed (US DoD) DEP Data Execution Prevention (computer security) ) and to pay annual fees that will be used to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. the devices. Cities and towns are required to provide recycling for these devices, including making arrangements for collection and transportation of the devices to a DEP-approved recycler. The law, which goes into effect Oct. 1, exempts some small electronic devices, including cell phones, calculators and pagers. A provision requiring the DEP to begin drawing up regulations took effect July 1, and a provision allowing the DEP to join an existing regional electronics recycling organization took effect at passage. |
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