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This page contains archived news from 2001 that will affect how electronic equipment is designed, procured, reused,
recycled and disposed, with a particular emphasis on how this will affect
California businesses and communities.
December 11, 2001
"Selected E-Waste Diversion in California: A Baseline Study".
The CIWMB
published a new study today whose purpose was to provide data about
the current electronic waste diversion infrastructure and how much of this
material is being stockpiled in the residential sector. This study
specifically tracked information regarding televisions, computer monitors
and central processing units.
August 8, 2001
Computer monitors and televisions are now subject to
hazardous waste regulations.
The emergency regulations, which went into effect
August 3, 2001, facilitate the collection and recycling of cathode ray
tubes (CRT). People who handle CRTs should review the regulations,
which are posted on the Department
of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Web site. Also available from
DTSC is a fact sheet,
Managing Waste Cathode Ray Tubes
(PDF, 97 KB),
designed to answer common questions about CRTs.
June 21, 2001
Electronic
Industry Alliance (EIA) announces pilot project for electronics
recycling.
The Electronic Industries Alliance, in cooperation with contributing
manufacturers Canon, Hewlett Packard, JVC, Kodak, Nokia, Panasonic,
Philips Electronics, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson, today announced the
development of an innovative electronics collection and recycling pilot
project. Scheduled to launch in October, the pilot will test several
different models of electronics collection and recycling. From the pilot,
participants hope to generate data that will help guide the development of
a cost effective and efficient long-term electronics recycling program.
June 18,2001
Several California cities propose resolutions aimed at forcing industry
into stewardship agreements.
In response to a new study by a coalition of environmental groups that
projects the near future management costs for e-waste at up to one billion
dollars, several communities have proposed resolutions that would put them
on record in support of efforts to make manufacturers of PCs and other
electronics products pay to have their wares recycled when they're no
longer useful.
Sacramento Bee article
San Francisco Chronicle article
San Jose Mercury article
The new report on electronic waste,
Poison PCs and Toxic TVs
, can be found at www.cawrecycles.org.
April 24, 2001
California Integrated Waste Management Board awards contracts to
study e-waste.
At its regular business meeting, the CIWMB approved two scopes of work
and awarded contracts aimed at improving the understanding of the scope of the
e-waste management and to improve procurement and end-of-life management
practices. See Items 10 and 42/43 from the online agenda for the April
meeting.
March 20, 2001
DTSC responds to MFF letter regarding CRTs
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a
response to a letter from the Materials for the Future Foundation (MFF)
clarifying the State's position on the management of cathode ray tubes
(CRT). Due to the lead content, broken CRTs and those destined
for disposal must be managed as a hazardous waste. This response
effectively bans CRTs from disposal in California's municipal landfill.
See a summary of DTSC's response
or download the entire letter.
February 20, 2001
California Integrated Waste Management Board approves contract concepts to
study e-waste.
At its regular business meeting, the CIWMB approved two contract
concepts intended to improve the understanding of the scope of the
e-waste management and to improve procurement and end-of-life management
practices. See Items 17 and 19 from the online agenda for the February
meeting.
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