OT: Ontario Environmental Handling Fees

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 04:06:19PM -0500, aaron d wrote:
> Why were you annoyed? You, and other consumers will have to take your
> complex electronic waste somewhere once it's useful life to you is finished.
> That means someone has to pay for it:
> 
> Read: http://www.recycleyourelectronics.ca/electronics/FAQ.aspx
> 
> How is the Program Funded?
> 
> 
> > The program is funded by fees paid to OES by manufacturers and importers of
> electronics in Ontario (called Stewards). These funds are used exclusively
> to pay for collection, transportation, consolidation and processing of
> electronic waste as well as research and consumer education programs to
> encourage greater electronic equipment reuse and recycling.
> 
> 
> In some cases, Stewards absorb the fees they pay to OES. In others, Stewards
> may choose to reflect these costs at the point of purchase. The fees are
> used exclusively to promote and support the safe and responsible reuse and
> recycling of electronic waste in the province. None of the funds go to
> government.
> 
> 
> 
> Will It Cost Me Anything To Take Old Electronics To a Collection Event or
> Facility?
> 
> 
> You can drop off unwanted electronic waste at OES-approved collection sites
> free-of-charge. For each collection location, check which materials are
> accepted by searching the information on this website. Please note that
> while OES provides support to many municipal, private and not-for-profit
> organizations under the program, OES cannot guarantee that all collectors
> offer collection services free-of-charge.
> 
> 
> 
> Which to me means, pay for it at one point, or another. I dont think the
> program itself is a problem, and it's by no means the first of it's kind
> (nor the last).

It actually sounds like you might get to pay when you buyit AND when you
get rid of it, if your municipality doesn't think they have got enough
money to dispose of it yet.

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Len Sorensen
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