Oregon enforces a state law that requires electronics manufacturers to pay fees for recycling their electronic goods. This law benefits both consumers and small organizations since they can recycle their electronics at no charge. The Oregon E-Cycles program supports this current law.
This law prevents disposed electronics from ending up in landfills. TVs and computers can leak chemicals, such as lead and mercury, which can slowly travel towards local streams and lakes. Four collection sites are open in Corvallis, which along with all the other e-cycle sites in Oregon, will only accept computers, monitors, and TVs.
This article caught my attention since I believe that the majority of people do not know, if not, very little about electronic recycling. I think that this law will grab more attention about this type of recycling. With the E-Cycle program running successfully, will they accept more electronics to be recycled over time?
Article Link: http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2008/09/we_recycle_but_do_we_ecycle_ge.html
E-Cycle: http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/ecycle/index.htm
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