Maine touts Recycling Computer Monitors

First-in-the-nation law forces manufacturers to pick up recycling costs for computer monitors & televisions

By Jerry Harkavy
The Associated Press (AP)
Jan 18, 2006

PORTLAND, Maine — A first-in-the-nation law went into effect Wednesday in Maine, requiring makers of televisions and computer monitors to pick up the tab to recycle and safely dispose of their products once they are discarded.

Under the law, which mirrors the approach taken in Europe and Japan, manufacturers must shoulder the cost of sending electronics to recycling centers where toxic materials such as lead and mercury are removed. . . Read more