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Article #863Re: Oregon's New Bottle & E Waste Laws
From: Springbok
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:03
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:03
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Paul Mitchum wrote: > Springbok <bok@afr.ica> wrote: > >> Ockham's Razor wrote: >>> In article <1hzefz1.11v435u25c9rtN%usenet@mile23.c0m>, usenet@mile23.c0m >>> (Paul Mitchum) wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, but in the mean time, if you have a TV or a CRT on your hands, >>>> you shouldn't just throw it into a dumpster, because it's toxic waste. >>> Anyone who produces a product containing "toxic" materials should have >>> to recycle that product at no cost to the consumer. >> You do understand that ALL product costs are born by the consumer? > > In the case of TVs and CRTs, the disposal costs are not borne by the > consumer or the producer. > > What needs to happen is that products become more and more modular and > recyclable, to the point that buying a TV would be more like subscribing > to a service than buying property. You'd get a TV, and then in a year or > two, you'd return it for an upgrade. It's called DirecTV. You might try it. > The TV service company would take your old TV and re-use its components > to create new ones. The remaining waste would ideally feed into other > products, or be a recyclable or biodegradable material. Sensible, for _electronic_ components.
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