Current Electronics Recycling Laws - Click Here For A Map
There are currently 20 states and one municipality (New York City) with e-waste laws. See below for more about each law.
Year E-Waste Laws Were Passed:
2003: California
2004: Maine
2005: Maryland
2006: Washington
2007: Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, North Carolina
2008: New Jersey, New York City, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri, Hawaii, Rhode Island Illinois and Michigan
2009: Indiana, Wisconsin
More About Each State Law
Arkansas: Law passed in 2007 imposes landfill disposal fees on compacted and uncompacted solid waste to support a computer and electronic equipment recycling program.
California: Law passed in 2003 requires an Advance Recycling Fee of $6-$10 charged at the point of sale on video display devices.
Connecticut: Law passed in 2007 requires manufacturers of TVs, laptops, desktops, and computer monitors to responsible for the costs of processing their branded products (and in certain cases orphans, as well) that are delivered to recyclers as of January 1, 2009.
Hawaii: Law signed July 2008 which establishes a state program for collection, recycling, enforcement, and monitoring of covered electronic devices. It also establishes program funding through the electronic device recycling fund.
Illinois: Law signed September 17, 2008 which requires manufacturers to set up and pay for the collection, transport and recycling of the products which they sell in the state. It also sets up a recycling benchmark system whereby manufacturers are required to recycle 60% of a goal that will be set up by the state. Manufacturers must meet a minimum of 60% of this goal within three years, with the minimum percentage rising to 75% by the fourth year or be subject to penalties.
Indiana: Governor Mitch Daniels signed HB 1589 into law on May 13, 2009. The Indiana law is similar to the law passed in 2007 by Minnesota, and requires manufacturers of video display devices (TVs, monitors, and laptops) to collect and recycle 60% by weight of the volume of products they sold in the previous year in Indiana. After the first two years, manufacturers who fail to meet those goals will pay an additional recycling fee for every pound they fall short of their goal. While the goals are based on sales of video display devices, the program allows consumers, public schools and small businesses to recycle a larger group of products for free, including TVs, computers, laptops, keyboards, printers, fax machines, DVD players, and video cassette recorders. The program begins collection in April 2010.
Maine: Manufacturers of TVs and computer monitors are responsible for the costs of processing their branded products (and in certain cases orphans, as well) that are delivered to consolidators.
Maryland: Manufacturers of more than 1000 video display devices (as of October 2007) per year must register with the state and pay an annual $5000 fee that is deposited in a fund for making grants for local collection programs. After October 2007, the initial registration fee for any new manufacturer is $10,000. Manufacturers can reduce the annual fee to $500 by establishing an approved computer takeback program.
Massachusetts: Regulation bans CRTs from disposal, incineration, or transfer for disposal, at a solid waste disposal facility since April 2000.
Michigan: Signed December 29, 2008, The manufacturer electronic device takeback program applies to households and small businesses (those employing 10 employees or fewer) purchasing new computers and televisions. It requires all manufacturers selling new computers and televisions in Michigan to register with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and pay an annual registration fee of $3,000 by October 30, 2009. After April 1, 2010, all retailers, including internet, catalog, manufacturer direct, and in-state retailers, can only sell new computers and televisions manufactured by registered manufacturers.
Minnesota: Law passed in 2007 requires manufacturers of video display devices to recycle 60% of their market sales weight in 07-08, and 80% from July 2008 on. Ban of CRTs from mixed municipal solid waste passed separately and was effective as of July 2006. This law has been amended to show some changes in the reporting and credit definitions.
Missouri: Senate Bill 720, part of which is also known as the “Manufacturer Responsibility and Consumer Convenience Equipment Collection and Recovery Act,” was signed into law with an effective date of Aug. 28, 2008. This law requires manufacturers of computers to implement "recovery plans" for the collection of and the recycling or reuse of their obsolete equipment. Such manufacturers must also label their equipment to identify themselves as the manufacturer.
New Hampshire: Law signed in 2006 bans video display devices from NH landfills and incinerators as of July 1, 2007. Video display devices defined as a "visual display component of a television or a computer, whether separate or integrated with a computer central processing unit/box, and includes a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal display, gas plasma, digital light processing, or other image projection technology, greater than 4 inches when measured diagonally, and its case, interior wires, and circuitry."
New Jersey: Producer responsibility law passed in January 2008 which requires manufacturers to pay a registration fee to the NJDEP and establish a collection, transportation and recycling system, independently or jointly, for the recovery of computers and televisions. Recycling programs must be implemented by January 1, 2010.
New York City: Producer responsibility law passed in April 2008 which requires manufacturers to submit plans for collection, transportation and recycling of computers, monitors, printers and televisions. Recycling programs must be implemented by July 1, 2009.
North Carolina: Law passed in 2007 requires computer equipment and television manufacturers to be responsible for the collection of their equipment (or share of) as of January 2010.
Oklahoma: Signed into law on May 13, 2008 The Oklahoma Computer Recovery act establishes a convenient and enviornmentally sound recovery program for the collection, recycling and reuse of computers and computer monitors that have reached the end of their useful lives.
Oregon: Law passed in 2007 requires manufacturers of desktops, laptops, monitors, and TVs to participate in a recycling plan or pay a fee to the State Contractor program. Recycling programs begin on January 1, 2009.
Rhode Island: Signed into law June 27, 2008, it establishes a manufacturer financed system for the collection, recycling, and reuse of covered electronic devices in Rhode Island.
Texas: Law passed in 2007 requires computer equipment (excludes TVs) manufacturers to develop and implement recycling plans as of January 2009.
Virginia: Law passed in 2007 requires computer equipment (excludes TVs) manufacturers to develop and implement recycling plans to be in effect as of July 2009.
Washington: Law signed in March 2006 requires producer responsibility as of January 1, 2009. Manufacturers of televisions, computer monitors, desktop and laptops computers, are required to join the standard plan or create an independent plan to manage their equivalent share of collected products.
West Virginia: Law signed on April 1, 2008. Manufacturers of more than 1,000 video display devices per year must register with the state and pay an annual fee that is deposited into a special account in the State Treasury to be known as the "Covered Electronic Devices Takeback Fund." These funds will be distributed in grants to counties and municipalities or other programs that divert covered electronic devices from the wastestream. Initial manufacturer registration fees are $10,000 for anyone who has not implemented a takeback program by January 1, 2009 and $3,000 for anyone who HAS implemented a takeback program by January 1, 2009. That fee is reduced in subsequent years to $5,000 for manufacturers with no plan and $500 with manufacturers with a plan.
Wisconsin: Law signed on October 23, 2009. This law is modeled on the Minnesota law, calling on manufacturers of computers, TVs and printers to meet collection goals tied to what they are selling. It includes a ban on use of prison labor and it includes a disposal ban.
Federal - US EPA
In August 2005, EPA finalized the mercury-containing equipment component of the orginial proposed rule.
In July 2006, EPA has also finalized a regulation governing the waste management requirements for Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) that was originally proposed in 2002. The CRT rule became effective on 1/29/07.
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