CEA , the organization that represents every widget - maker ( and throws CES every class ) is postulate in a squabble with the NYCDepartment of Sanitationover new , stricter law governing right garbage disposal of electronics . Do they have a branch to abide on ?
Due to certain materials used in consumer electronics ( especially in stamp battery and displays ) , gadget are some of the most toxic consumer items out there , up to of leaking dangerous chemicals into the ground if they ’re not properly disposed of . New York , and 13 other state , have thus passed laws to create specific , stronger rules for these products . Unfortunately , in NYC , that stand for the members of CEA would have to go door to threshold to pick up products like televisions and monitors , at their own expense .
CEA is claim that this pick - up service would clog the city ’s street with pot - belch truck , which is regretful for traffic and unfit for the environment , and that the laws are unfair to electronics manufacturers . A spokesman claimed that it ’s “ an unreasonable and unsustainable load on manufacturers . ”
The CEA ’s argument is n’t totally wild — it sure as shooting would be a financial concern , even if we ’re not indisputable their environmental breaker point about trucking is all that exact . But the fact remains that somebody ’s mother to take care of this stuff : It ’s either the province of New York , that needs to spend far more money extracting these gadgets from the trash , or the producer that create the harmful Cartesian product in the first place . And the fact remains that many other state and land ( Japan , South Korea ) have enacted interchangeable laws . So we ’re siding with New York on this one : We opine it ’s worth a little worry to get these products conscientiously recycled . [ Wall Street Journal ]
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