Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act Progress Report
Electronics manufacturers, collectives, collection sites,consolidation
facilities, and recycling facilities need to register with the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
by January 1, 2011.
New York State's Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act
became law in May of 2010. This new law will ensure that every
New Yorker will have the opportunity to recycle electronic waste
in an environmentally responsible manner. The law requires manufacturers
of covered electronic equipment to establish a convenient system
for the collection, handling, and recycling or reuse of electronic
waste, free of charge to most consumers. The law enables manufacturers
to meet their obligations through individual or collective electronic
waste acceptance programs (collectives). Other features of the
law include basic management standards for collection sites,
consolidation facilities and recycling facilities of electronic
waste. Manufacturers of covered electronic equipment or collectives
will be responsible for implementing and maintaining an acceptance
program for discarded electronic waste, with oversight by NYSDEC
and acceptance programs must be in place by April 1, 2011.
Information is available at NYSDEC's website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/65583.html.
All registration and registration fee forms are also on the
webpage, along with a link to the complete text of the law.
Inquiries regarding the new law should be directed to:
Mark M. Moroukian, P.E.
Product Stewardship & Waste Reduction Section Supervisor
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Materials Management
Bureau of Waste Reduction and Recycling
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-7253
(518) 402-8706 or e-mail: ewaste@gw.dec.state.ny.us.
