[greenyes] Re: [e_takeback] SWANA Supports Producer Responsibility for E-Waste

[Anne Peters <annep@no.address>]

This was from a letter Mr. Skinner
sent the Technology Administration of the U.S Department of Commerce, in
response to its request for comments on electronics recycling policy (that
request circulated on e_takeback last month).  SWANA 's press release on
its letter is at http://www.swana.org/sections/press/pr_viewdetail.aspx?pressId=131
- with contact info to get a copy of the full letter if you want.

This was a strong statement from SWANA, who earlier this year published its
report finding that today's landfill designs are sufficient to capture heavy
metals from e-waste (mainly because the heavy metals bind rather than move
in the LF environment) -- and then made strong public statements and organizational
committments to furthering electronics recycling & the development of
electronic recycling infrastructure.

For those who are members of SWANA, do encourage your local chapters or the
national org to be more involved in the e-waste issue that can so dramatically
affect government-owned & -operated waste systems.

Anne Peters
Gracestone, Inc.
303.494.4934 vox
303.494.4880 fax .



Ted Smith wrote:

I can't tell from this exactly what he means by "producer responsiblity" but it seems like a step in the right direction

TEd Smith

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The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has endorsed producer
responsibility for e-waste, to prevent the cost of properly managing
discarded computers and televisions from becoming a new financial burden on
municipalities.

    "Producer responsibility financing policies create a strong incentive
for changes to products that keep environmental at the forefront of
consideration during production and these policies can leverage
private-sector efficiency to re-capture the most value from end-of-life
electronics," SWANA President John Skinner is reported to have stated.



_________________________
Peter Anderson, President
RECYCLEWORLDS CONSULTING
4513 Vernon Blvd. Suite 15
Madison, WI 53705-4964
Ph: (608) 231-1100
Fax: (608) 233-0011
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Ted Smith
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition/Computer TakeBack Campaign
760 N. First Street,San Jose, CA 95112
408-287-6707-phone;  408-287-6771-fax
http://www.svtc.org/ http://www.computertakeback.com