[FreeGeek] Reporter's questions, anyone feel like putting in their $0.02?

[Ifny]

Her deadline is Friday am, so shoot fast! (This is 
for the Tooth & Dagger btw). Pick any Q's that 
grab you...


1. What do you think of smeltering of whole units 
as a solution to BC's
e-waste problem?

2. How sustainable is this solution in the long run?

3. How effective is it in avoiding health issues 
that arise from dumping ?

4. In your view, what is the best electronics 
recycling system available
today? How costly is it in comparison to the BC plan?

5. How much of a role do you think local computer
recycling/redistribution organizations can play in 
tackling the e-waste
problem?

6. Other countries, particularly the Scandinavian 
ones, make
incineration (at least of toxic components) 
illegal, what do you think
is holding Canada back from taking stronger 
environmental/health
conscious e-waste initiatives?

7. How much responsibility should the producers 
have in the disposal of
the products they make? The consumers?

8. The RCBC has set forth a quite stringent reuse 
standard criteria. As
an open-software based organization, what are some 
of your concerns
regarding this criteria?

9. How effective do you think a program like BC's 
pledge of stewardship
will be at curbing the overseas shipments of 
electronics to non-OECD
countries?

10. Some people have proposed implementing an 
electronics return payment
like we have with bottles and cans to incite more 
people to recycle, do
you think something like this is necessary or 
realistic?

11. The e-waste problem seems increasingly 
insurmountable, what steps do
you see as necessary on both the individual and 
global scale to ensure
that e-waste is dealt with responsibly?

Free Geek stuff:
- What do you accept as donations? Percentage 
redistributed? Percentage
recycled? Your current recycling process?

- What initiatives is Free Geek taking in response 
to the BC recycling plan?