[FreeGeek] British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee

[Ifny]

Simon Pavitt wrote:

> 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?



The Salvation Army is going to be a drop-off location for Encorp:

http://www.encorp.ca/electronics/


~Ifny