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practical experiences of the new EU legistlation that imposes a recycling-fee on new electric and electronic equipment to pay for the proper disposal and recycling of used up equipment
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Today I've been cleaning my flat and I took some [[e-waste]], mostly old broken computer equipment to the communal ([http://www.ytv.fi YTV]) trash and recyclable collection centre ([http://www.ytv.fi/FIN/jatehuolto/vastaanotto/sortti_asemat/ Sortti-asema]) that now accept e-waste free of charge due to the new [[EU]] legistlation that imposes a recycling-fee on manufacturers and importers of electric and electronic equipment charged in the sale of new equipment which pays for the recycling costs. This is a great solution since before this new law there was a fee that one had to pay to get e-waste correctly scrapped and recycled, which naturally lead to people throwing e-waste into ordinary trash bins that then wound up in the landfills with all the hazardous materials (like lead in CRT tubes) polluting the environment. | |||
I certainly hope that the processing of the e-waste they collect is in order because, like some of youl, I have seen TV-footage from a [[China|chinese]] town that has turned into the e-waste-land of western electronics with oxes pulling carts towering with used phones, faxes and computers of all sorts and the poor workers heating up [[w:Printed circuit board|circuit boards]] without any or next-to-none breathing etc. protection to collect [[w:copper]] and whatever other valuable materials can be recovered this way from the e-waste. | |||
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