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" E-Waste Escalates For Christmas"

Illinois e-waste legislation that requires manufacturers to establish facilities to accept e-waste from consumers. The law is on a rolling basis and over the next few years the recycling requirements will kick in and by 2012, disposal of certain e-waste in municipal waste and sanitary landfills and at incinerators will be prohibited. The E-Waste Act only applies to electronic equipment taken out of use from residences, but it affects many of the businesses involved in the stream of electronic commerce. There is a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each day of violation. Devices covered in the legislation include computers, cell phones, televisions, PDAs, printers, fax machines, game consoles, VCRs, DVD players, iPods and others (calculators and typewriters are NOT included).

"Law to force more manufacturers to pay for waste disposal"

"4 Easy Ways to Save Energy with Your Computer"

"Efforts To Block Illegal E-Waste Shipments Failing"

"Trafigura found guilty in Ivory Coast waste-dumping case"

"A group of journalism students from the University of British Columbia and their professor have been nominated for two Emmy Awards for their documentary Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground."