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Article #1017Re: Globalisation, electronics waste disposal and the electronics servicing industry.
From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:30
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:30
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Amy Dorrit <littledorrit@optushome.com.au> wrote in message news:3cc920a4$0$11454$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >> <berdpee@ami.com.au> wrote >>> I have been proposing for years an equipment disposal tax, which >>> should be applied to EVERY manufactured item. It works like this: >>> The tax is paid by the manufacturer when the item is produced, the >>> longer the life of the item the greater is the proportion of the tax >>> refunded when the item has to be disposed of. Thus a quality >>> product which lasts say 40 years might get a refund of 90% whereas >>> a product which lasted 5 years would only get a refund of 5%. >> Usual mindlessly silly, completely unworkable wank. >>> After all why should the taxpayer have to shoulder >>> the cost of disposal of manufactured items? >> They would do that when they buy the goods >> under your completely hare brained scheme. > Go easy on the poor greeny. No thanks, I'm more into applying the shotty. > After all, this idea did originate in New Zealand. The fools that did try a similar stunt with cars decades ago. Ended up with a result not much better than Cuba.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103407,c46db9e0478a6a3d X-Google-Attributes: gid103407,public X-Google-Thread: 1131b0,c46db9e0478a6a3d X-Google-Attributes: gid1131b0,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-26 10:30:49 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-han1.dfn.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!cpe-203-51-60-143.nsw.bigpond.net.AU!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair,aus.electronics Subject: Re: Globalisation, electronics waste disposal and the electronics servicing industry. Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:30:53 +1000 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <aac2s7$9nhbf$1@ID-69072.news.dfncis.de> References: <3CC5E1BA.8E3BC364@ihug.co.nz> <3cc5f9e1.1143185@news.ami.com.au> <aaa3ia$97k34$1@ID-69072.news.dfncis.de> <3cc920a4$0$11454$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: cpe-203-51-60-143.nsw.bigpond.net.au (203.51.60.143) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1019842248 10208623 203.51.60.143 (16 [69072]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400