Electronics recycling bill advances.Byline: From Register-Guard and news service reports SALEM - Oregonians will be able to clear their basements and closets of obsolete televisions, personal computers, laptops and monitors at recycling centers funded by high-tech manufacturers under a bill approved unanimously by the Oregon House on Tuesday. The proposal still needs to be approved in the Senate and signed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski (born November 5 1940, in rural Missouri[1]) is an American Democratic politician. Since 2003, he has served as the Governor of Oregon. He was re-elected in 2006. to become law. The measure would require electronics manufacturers to open recycling sites or to help pay for collective sites where eligible electronic devices could be returned free of charge. Many smaller electronic devices such as cell phones and iPods are not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. under the bill. Electronics recyclers in Lane County are monitoring the bill's progress, and don't yet know how it might affect their operations. "We're watching it," said Sarah Grimm, Lane County waste reduction specialist. The county's program has taken computers and TVs by appointment since 2004. Consumers pay a fee ranging from $5 to $20 depending on the width of the computer or TV screen. "We're happy to do whatever is necessary to provide for an alternative to disposing them in the landfill," Grimm said. "This could eliminate our program, or we could serve to be an easy patch, I just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ." The bill would "revolutionize" electronics recycling in Oregon, moving to a model subsidized by industry instead of paid for by consumer fees, said Terry McDonald Terry McDonald (born June 17, 1955 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a former National Hockey League player for the Kansas City Scouts. He played 8 games for the Scouts in the 1975-76 season. External links Terry McDonald's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database , executive director of St. Vincent DePaul of Lane County Inc., which rebuilds and recycles computers. Even though the measure could put St. Vincent and others out of the computer recycling Most major Computer manufacturers offer some form of recycling, often as a free replacement service when purchasing a new PC. At the user's request they may mail in their old computer, or arrange for pickup from the manufacturer. business, "we support this initiative," McDonald said. "Getting the product out of the waste stream is a good idea," McDonald said. Oregonians threw away 32,500 tons of computers, televisions and other out-of-date electronics in 2005, mostly into landfills or dumps. Many devices contained toxic metals toxic metal Environment Any metal known to be toxic to humans–eg, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel. Cf Nontoxic metal. such as mercury, lead or cadmium cadmium (kăd`mēəm) [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.41; m.p. 321°C;; b.p. 765°C;; sp. gr. 8. that could leach into ground water. The bill also would make it illegal for Oregon landfill operators to knowingly accept electronic waste that could be recycled. |
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