19 Dec
2011
19 Dec
'11
7:37 p.m.
On 19/12/11 7:38 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:23:19PM -0500, David Riley
wrote:
If I had to name one country that was doing a good job of this, I'd
first think of Switzerland (having visited :)
--Toby
On Dec 17, 2011, at 11:23 PM, John Foust wrote:
Here (next door to to Zurich, Switzerland) it is very simple: show up at the
city recycling yard and drop off your stuff... At 03:10 PM 12/17/2011, Toby Thain wrote:
Every time I've bought tires here, I've paid a per-tire recycling fee.
We're supposed to deliver our e-waste to special collection facilities that
are open at various locations about once a month; ... But how do we direct e-waste (for example) into
the hands of people who
are picking it apart for non-renewables, rather than it ending up in
landfill by default? That's the unsolved part.
Some countries and states have enacted laws to require it. In Japan, for
example, you pre-pay a recycling fee when you buy an appliance, and
retailers and manufacturers are required to accept used appliances. In my
state, Wisconsin, you can't put e-waste in the trash any longer. It has to
go to a special e-waste collection site. ...
Seems to work pretty well.
Kind regards,
Alex.