Hartford, Connecticut -- The state of Connecticut has now become the 24th state to offer some kind of electronic waste (e-waste) recycling program. According to the Hartford Courant from Saturday June 12, the program could be up and running by the fall of 2010.
Connecticut’s state Dept. of Environmental Protection will set up recycling points around the state after gaining the necessary approval from legislators. The cost of the transportation and recycling of these materials is going to be put onto the manufacturers rather than consumers. The responsible parties will be billed directly by the companies Connecticut chooses to do the hauling. In order to be selected for this task, however, the companies have to show that they are environmentally responsible as well as that they have sufficient space to handle the e-waste.
One other thing to note is that right now the program only applies to “consumer and household electronic devices.” The new e-waste legislation does not apply to that which is “produced generated by government, business and commercial entities, which are subject to separate federal and state hazardous waste disposal regulations.”
