[FreeGeek] Today on Slashdot: British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee

[agent humble]

An anonymous reader writes "Next week the province of British Columbia will 
begin adding a recycling fee to new computers and TVs to pay for their free 
electronics recycling program. The list of what is acceptable for recycling 
is short, namely computers, printers, and TVs — you cannot recycle personal 
audio players or cell phones. What is unclear is whether the definition 
of 'desktop computer' includes self-built computers, and if so, their plans 
for adding fees for individual components such as motherboards, etc." The 
article notes that the recovered e-waste will not be sent to developing 
countries for processing. But one report says that the e-waste won't be 
recycled at all, but rather burned in a smelter. 

Article, links and comments: 
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/28/193210