[FreeGeek] British Columbia To Charge Recycling Fee

[David Repa]

On Sun, 2007-29-07 at 18:29 -0700, Simon Pavitt wrote:
> 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?
>