Re: Oregon's New Bottle & E Waste Laws

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From: Springbok
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:06

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Lobby Dosser wrote:
> usenet@mile23.c0m (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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Unfortunately the reality is that we - and I mean the global we - are 
> trapped in a cycle of consumption to fuel job creation.

I eat therefore I am.

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