Finally some good news from the halls of government. Everyone admits that landfills and dumps are beginning to overflow with old technology like computers, monitors, cellphones, and printers, and while recycling and reuse programs are growing, they are still for the large part hard to find, difficult to access, and not nearly as widespread as they should be. Hopefully with this upcoming legislation, that trend might change. Business leaders and electronics retailers are hailing the rules in stead of a patchwork of 50 state regulations that may differ significantly. All in all, this could mean that there may be a convenient place for you to take your old computer where it can be sanitized, reused if it’s new enough, or disposed of properly if it can’t be used.
Good news, definitely.
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