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Upfront computer disposal fees may be on the way up
Sacramento Bee ^
| 5/28/7
| Jim Sanders
Posted on 05/28/2007 3:22:53 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: Wiseghy
BTW, it is illegal to dispose of ANY electronic item or even AA batteries in either the regular trash or recycling bins in CA. You must locate a registered disposal center for all such items and, surprise, pay another fee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Do you have battery police out there?
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:53:41 PM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(My dogs are tired)
To: SmithL
Gosh, silly me. I just threw my old monitor in the trash bin.
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:55:10 PM PDT
by
RushingWater
(Pres. Bush honors Mexican sovereignty over our own - Pardon Ramos/Campeon/Hernandez)
To: KarlInOhio
will they just forget the money they've already taken and charge another tax when I want to get rid of it?Just have Goodwill come pick it up.
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:55:39 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: SmithL
So if I sell my computer instead of throwing it away, do I get my disposal fee reimbursed?
Why do I get the feeling these computers will be disposed of exactly the same as BEFORE the disposal fee?
To: SmithL
And what happens if you buy the computer in California, and then move to another state with it? Do they give you your money back?
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posted on
05/28/2007 5:10:33 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: SmithL
It costs money to get rid of them now. With this new tax we’ll be paying an upfront fee to disposae themand then have to pay again when we do the deed.
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posted on
05/28/2007 5:10:55 PM PDT
by
umgud
("When seconds count, the police are just 10 minutes away!")
To: umgud
I guess you should shop out of state for computers from now on.
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posted on
05/28/2007 5:12:54 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: Thebaddog
There are serious suggestions to ID trash and recycle bin contents using junk mail and other items, in order to enforce the law.
BTW, the nearest “recycle center” is about 15+ miles away from my urban/suburban location. Hours are limited and procedures for bringing items, and the cost for doing so, are fuzzy at best.
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posted on
05/28/2007 5:56:17 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
To: SmithL
California: if it exists, tax it.
To: SmithL; Abram; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
"Disposal fees could be a wave of the future, with environmentalists eyeing similar charges for scanners, printers and fax machines."
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posted on
05/28/2007 7:41:47 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: Brilliant
What about folks like me who build their own? hehe
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posted on
05/28/2007 7:47:54 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: ol painless
I’ve often wanted to do that with stuff that won’t stay fixed... thanks for the link...
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posted on
05/28/2007 9:30:27 PM PDT
by
dcwusmc
(We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
To: SteamShovel
Aren't the only "hazardous" materials in the CRT display and the batteries? I suppose the newer displays might have hazardous material too, but it seems ridiculous to call the entire computer HAZMAT....unless you want an excuse to increase the disposal tax.No, there's lead on the circuit boards (from the solder joints), although many manufacturers have moved to low lead content solder. And most companies have gotten away from "non-green" toxic board cleaners as well. Still, there's a fair amount of "toxic" material in a computer. Far less than there used to be, but still...
Anything for a new tax.
Mark
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posted on
05/28/2007 9:39:12 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Environmental heretics should be burned at the stake, in a "Carbon Neutral" way...)
To: SmithL
And then the county dump charges an additional fee up here behind the Redwood Curtain...
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posted on
05/28/2007 10:05:44 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Large reward for person offering leads to my missing tag lines...)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:39:37 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; The majority are satisfied with a just master. -- Sallust)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ..
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:45:18 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: SmithL
Now the target is the computer's innards -- its central processing unit, or "tower," that interprets instructions and handles data. *sigh*
It's annoying when ignorant journalists take it upon themselves to define terms they don't understand.
The "tower" is the computer. It's not the "central processing unit", or CPU. The CPU is the microchip that processes information and controls the computer; it lives in the "tower" on the motherboard or mainboard. There may be more than one of them in a single computer.
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:45:53 AM PDT
by
TChris
(The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
To: SmithL
I tried like heck to recycle an old 17" CRT I had when it finally died. Couldn't find any local places that would take it, and the number to a place I found that said to call for CRT removal was disconnected. I was in college at the time, and asked the IT office there, and they had no idea either. The only thing I could find was to pay about $50 to ship the monitor to Dell (I think; maybe it was some other vendor). I wonder what the "carbon footprint" for shipping a 30lb CRT across the country is.
After about a week with no success, I threw the thing in the dumpster behind the dorms. Didn't cost me a dime. I expect that's where most such equipment will end up if the government starts charging people to give their old equipment to companies who will recycle or sell it for a profit.
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:52:05 AM PDT
by
Turbopilot
(iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
To: SmithL
I would almost understand this if the bill forced the computer manufacturer to collect a recycle fee up front. Then at the end-of-life all the user has to do is request a label from the manufacturer, put the computer in a box with the shipping label on it, and ship it back to the manufacturer for recycling.
That would actually result in most computers being recycled. But it leaves the state out of the income loop — that can’t be allowed.
So of course that’s not the case. They just want the money, and expect to get almost $47 million annually from this scam.
To: Wiseghy
BTW, it is illegal to dispose of ANY electronic item or even AA batteries in either the regular trash or recycling bins in CA. Uh Oh.
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