China bans toxic American computer junk

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jun 8 17:35:05 2002

>> There is no place one can bring their old electronics these days without
>> being charged. People must now pay to recycle their computers. It will
>> prove to be one of the biggest growth industries of this decade.

At 03:35 PM 6/8/02 -0500, Eric wrote:
>
>Companies must pay to recycle their computers. Most people
>can just toss them in their trashcan.


   True. So far!

    But now that China has quite accepting e-scrap we'll soon be awash in it and very soon the trift stores, etc will have more than they can handle and then when they become a plague in the landfills the various agencies will impose a fee to dispose of them exactly as they do for batteries, tires and other items. My guess is that by this time next year we'll see the beginnings of various disposal/haz mat fees. And I further predict that they will be widespread within three years (when has the government ever refused a new source of revenue!)

 
       Joe

  PS Isn't this an interesting twist to the list? We're supposed to be talking about acquiring old computers and here we are talking about disposal problems! I guess it's a sign of how prevalent they've become.
Received on Sat Jun 08 2002 - 17:35:05 BST