If you've been waiting forever to unload that old TV or
computer, Jan. 1 is your lucky day. A new state law requires electronics
manufacturers to start safely recycling four of the most-discarded items, with
no charge to consumers.
Washington's law is the first in the nation to require electronics producers
to pay for the whole process.
But, please, don't everyone haul your used computers,
monitors, laptops and TVs to the recycling center the first week of January,
industry and government officials are pleading. They fear a glut of electronic
waste clogging the system just as it gets off the ground.