Re: Oregon's New Bottle & E Waste Laws

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From: Lobby Dosser
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:19

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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.

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Subject: Re: Oregon's New Bottle & E Waste Laws
From: Lobby Dosser <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net>
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