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Product Stewardship Oregon E-Cycles is an example of product stewardship. Product stewardship means that all parties involved in designing, manufacturing, selling and using a product take responsibility for environmental impacts at every stage of that product's life. Here's how the responsibilities are shared under Oregon E-Cycles.

Local news for the Wenatchee, Washington area

It's good for you and for the environment. A team of "Total Reclaim" soldiers glean what they can from old electronics, taking what's salvageable and safely processing the toxic materials within. "In particular, lead. Lead is found in the glass in televisions and monitors and it's also found in circuit boards in the solder," said Craig Lorch, Total Reclaim.

SCORE is an annual report in Minnesota that gives data on Recycling and waste management for that year

American Plastics Council paper presented at Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Recycling Conference, November 2000; authors Michael M. Fisher, American Plastics Council, Michael B. Biddle, MBA Polymers, Inc., Tony Hainault, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Douglas S. Smith, Sony Electronics Inc., David J. Cauchi, Consultant, David A. Thompson, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America

87 pages; Published July 2001; note that the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (MOEA) is now part of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Text of the pending Wisconsin e-waste law. This bill passed the WI Senate and arrived in the Assembly Tuesday, 6/16/09. Would require manufacturers of select consumer electronics (computers, printers and video display devices, such as TVs or monitors) to collect and recycle 80 percent of the weight of sold devices beginning in September. Beginning in February 2010, retailers can't sell electronics made by manufacturers that are not registered with WDNR. Manufacturers failing to meet their targets would be subject to a shortfall fee after 2010. Those who exceed their goals may be eligible for recycling credits. (Summary of bill taken from related article in GreenerComputing, 6/16/09.)

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