[FreeGeek] British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee

[Simon Pavitt]

Hi geekers

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

And via Digg:
[www.digg.com/hardware/Recycling_fees_coming_for_electronics_in_British_Columbia_Canada]

there are some more details:
[www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=96daec9f-b7bb-4458-9213-4ad6091ddc30&k=35120]

The article lists recycling sites in Victoria but not Vancouver, and 
quotes one recycler:

"But the introduction of this program will be sending independent 
electronic recyclers out of business, said James Webb, owner of Break 
Down Recycling in Esquimalt. His business charges people $10 to have 
their old computer monitors and TVs recycled or refurbished. He fears 
that people are now going to be dropping products off at depots that 
could be reused and refurbished instead of being sent to the smelter, he 
said, adding that he has privacy concerns too. I just don't understand 
how any people or corporations are going to trust their private 
information being dumped off at a Salvation Army depot; where's the 
security in that," he said."

Salvation Army?

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Thanks

Simon

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