New York State Enacts Electronic Waste Law
This post was written by David Wagner.
On May 28, the State of New York enacted the Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, a law requiring all manufacturers that sell electronic equipment in the state to have in place a free, convenient electronic waste or recycling program by April 1, 2011. Under the new law, each manufacturer will have to recycle or reuse its market share of electronic waste by weight, based on its three-year average of annual sales in the state. They will also have to submit annual reports to the state documenting that they have met goals for collection and recycling. All electronics manufacturers must register with the state by January 1, 2011, and pay a $5,000 registration fee.
The new law, which preempts a New York City e-waste recycling law, covers televisions, VCRs, DVD and MP3 players, game consoles, fax machines, and computers and their peripherals such as monitors, keyboards, mice, scanners and printers.
