New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has signed legislation that establishes an electronic waste collection and disposal program in the city.
In prepared remarks, Bloomberg said "Introductory Number 728 requires manufacturers of certain electronic equipment - such as computers, monitors and televisions - to collect their products offered for return by any person in the City, and to ensure that the equipment is properly disposed of in accordance with existing laws and EPA guidelines. Manufacturers will be required to submit an electronic waste management plan to the Department of Sanitation, describing in detail how they would implement the requirements of the law. Introductory Number 728 will make it unlawful for manufacturers and others to dispose of electronic waste in the City's solid waste stream."
In signing the bill into law Bloomberg added that at the present time 12 states have passed electronic waste laws.
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