What regulations are in place to enforce consumer electronics recycling?
In the US, a few states have established rules concerning e-waste, especially with respect to restrictions on cathode ray tubes (CRTs), the most hazardous component of a computer system. CRTs contain significant amounts of lead in the glass tube and as a result have been declared hazardous waste by the federal government and most states. California, Maine and Massachusetts have been leading the development of state-level legislation on e-waste. Learn more here.
In the US, a few states have established rules concerning e-waste, especially with respect to restrictions on cathode ray tubes (CRTs), the most hazardous component of a computer system. CRTs contain significant amounts of lead in the glass tube and as a result have been declared hazardous waste by the federal government and most states. California, Maine and Massachusetts have been leading the development of state-level legislation on e-waste. However, most of the current rules dictate where e-waste can’t go. Addressing the e-waste issue is still a responsibility shared by all of us.
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