Ewaste tips Lets start a conversation about what to do with analog tvs

I say charge $5, $6, maybe even $7 more for every new TV or desktop computer that people buy to go towards government funded recycling centers. Every state dump, landfill, and curbside pick-up could start accepting them free of charge. What's $5 to $10 more for a TV? This is a purchase that most of us only make every 5-8 year's. I hate big brother getting bigger, but this is an economics problem; it's a high risk low reward business for recycling these TVs. Not very many business want to touch it. We need big brother on this one.

Originally Posted by scrappinlife

I say charge $5, $6, maybe even $7 more for every new TV or desktop computer that people buy to go towards government funded recycling centers. Every state dump, landfill, and curbside pick-up could start accepting them free of charge. What's $5 to $10 more for a TV? This is a purchase that most of us only make every 5-8 year's. I hate big brother getting bigger, but this is an economics problem; it's a high risk low reward business for recycling these TVs. Not very many business want to touch it. We need big brother on this one.

They do that in California, there is a tax on new TV purchases to subsidize the cost of recycling CRTs. This essentially works like the deposit on beverages in that you can get paid by a recycling facility in California for your CRT. Yes get PAID by the pound for the CRTs! But they have to originate in California.