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House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: February 21, 2017 11:42 AM
From: Representative Stephen Bloom and Rep. Greg Rothman
To: All House members
Subject: Electronic Recycling Relief (Previously HB 2089)
 

In the near future we will be reintroducing legislation, previous HB 2089, to help provide relief for rural communities lacking viable electronic recycling options.

In 2010, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the Covered Device Recycling Act (Act 108), requiring recycling of certain “covered” electronic devices, including computers, monitors, tablets, and televisions. Though well-intentioned, since passage of this law, a variety of systemic obstacles have developed. Today, we see frustrating pileups of recyclables with no market for their repurposing or option for their disposal. Recycling programs have collapsed under this weight, often leaving consumers with no opportunities to dispose of unwanted items and residents across rural Pennsylvania have seen already limited options for recycling become even more uncommon.

Before these problems turn into more illegal dumpsites, which is an already growing problem that threatens water and environmental quality, we are reintroducing this legislation to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to waive the provisions of Act 108 for municipalities located greater than five (5) miles from a DEP-permitted electronic recycling facility. This legislation will help ease the glut of recyclables while also providing relief to our rural communities where access to recycling centers is extremely sparse, all while ensuring that covered devices are properly disposed of in safely regulated landfills rather than illegally dumped or dangerously stockpiled.

Please join us in cosponsoring this important piece of legislation.

Previous Cosponsors: Rothman, Kauffman, Schemel, Causer, Phillips-Hill, Murt, Irvin, Grove, Saylor, McGinnis, Warner, Major, Moul, Regan, Ortitay, Kavulich, B. Miller, Boback, Topper and Klunk

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